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LAWS
OF THE
STATE OF DELAWARE
PASSED AT THE
NINETY- FOURTH SESSION
OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
COMMENCED AND HELD AT DOVER
On Tuesday, January 7th, A. D. 1 91 3
AND
IN THE YEAR OF THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE UNITED
STATES THE ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY- SEVENTH
VOLUME XXVI I
THE DELAWARE LEADER
LAUREL, DEL.
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LAWS
OF THE
STATE OF DELAWARE
PASSED AT THE
NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
COMMENCED AND HELD AT DOVER
On Tuesday, January 7th, A. D. 1 91 3
AND
IN THE YEAR OF THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE UNITED
STATES THE ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SEVENTH
VOLUME XXVI I
THE DELAWARE LEADER
LAUREL, DEL.
.1 9 I 3
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LAWS OF DELAWARE
TITLE FIRST
Of the Jurisdiction and Property of the State;
Its Legislation and Laws.
CHAPTER 1.
AMENDMENT TO CONSTITUTION.
AN ACT proposing an amendment to Section 10 of Article LI of the
Constitution of the State of Delaware, in relation to the Journals
of the Legislature.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-tives
of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met,
(two-thirds of all the members elected to each House
agreeing thereto):
Section 1. That Section 10 of Article II of the Con- Asratic°le no bo
stitution of the State of Delaware be amended by strik- amended
ing out all of said Section 10 of Article II, and inserting
in lieu thereof the following :
"Section 10. Each House shall keep a journal of its Deoph Iioui to
proceedings, and publish the same immediately after tttl
every session, except such parts as may require secrecy. Names of
The names of the members voting for and against anyInnegnilobi,r08 vot-bill
or joint resolution, except in relation to adjournment, enteredu
Journal
i n
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AMENDMENT TO CONSTITUTION.
shall on the final vote be entered on the journal; and the
No bill, or yeas and nays of the members on any question shall, at
joint resolution
to pass unless the desire of any member, be entered on the journal. No
final rote be
taken by yeas bill or joint resolution, except in relation to adjourn-and
nays, nor
without con- ment, shall pass either House unless the final vote shall
currence of a
majority of all have been taken by yeas and nays, nor without the con-members
elected currence of a majority of all the members elected to each
House."
Approved February 28, A. D. 1913.
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AMENDMENT TO CONSTITUTION.
CHAPTER 2.
AMENDMENT TO CONSTITUTION.
AN ACT to amend Section 19, Article 2, of the Constitution of the
State of Delaware.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-tives
of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met,
(two-thirds of all the members of each House concurring
therein):
Section 1. That Section 19, Article 2, of the Constitu- eo 19
tion of the State of Delaware, be amended by adding tocron:tjtudiL
the end thereof the following words "provided, howev - ame n e
or, that the G-eenral Assembly may by a vote of two-thirds
of all the members elected to each House pass laws
relating to the laying out, opening, alteration or main-tenance
of any road or highway which forms a continu-ous
road or highway extending through at least a por-tion
of the three counties of the State."
Approved March 17, A. D. 1913.
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AMENDMENT TO CONSTITUTION.
CHAPTER 3.
AMENDMENT TO CONSTITUTION.
AN ACT proposing certain amendments to Article IV of the Con-stitution
of this State, relating to the number of Judges consti-tuting
a quorum in the Superior Court, the Court of General
Sessions and the Court of Oyer and Terminer, the sessions of
said courts, and the distribution of the business therein, respec-tively.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-tives
of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met,
See. 5, Article (two-thirds of all the members elected to each House
`bottheution agreeing thereto)
amended
Section 1. That Section 5 of Article IV of the Consti-tution
of this State be, and the same is, hereby amended
Judges des- by striking out all of said Section after the first para- to
ttlelordhe°ou rt graph thereof and substituting therefor the following
No more than new paragraph, to wit:
three shall sit "The said five judges shall designate those of their
Who shall number who shall hold the said Courts in the several
preside Counties. No more than three of them shall sit together
Quorum in any of the said Courts. In each of the said Courts the
Chief Justice when present shall preside, and in his ab-sence
the senior Associate Judge present shall preside.
One shall constitute a quorum in the said Courts, re-spectively,
except in the Court of Oyer and Terminer,
where three shall constitute a quorum, and except in the
Superior Court sitting to hear appeals from the Or-phans'
Court or a Register's Court, when two shall con-stitute
a quorum, and except in the Court of General
Sessions sitting to try cases of prosecution under Sec-tion
8 of Article V of this Constitution or sitting to hear
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AMENDMENT TO CONSTITUTION.
contested applications for license to sell intoxicating One may open
neaoduratcljourn liquors, when two shall constitute a quorum. One judge
may open and adjourn any of said Courts."
Section 2. That Article IV of the Constitution of +1 i Article 4 forth-
State be, and the same is, hereby amended by striking or amended
out all of Section 6 thereof and substituting therefor the
following new Section 6, to wit:
"Section 6. Subject to the provisions of Section 5 of Two or more
this Article, two or more sessions of the Superior Court, tecTindsaT"
or Court of General Sessions, or one or more sessions of "'""
each of the said Court, or one Session of the Court of
Oyer and Terminer and one or two of either, or one of
each of the otheriof the said courts may at the same time
be held in the same County or in different counties, and
the business in the several counties may be distributed
and apportioned in such manner as shall be provided by
the rules of the said courts respectively."
Approved March 12, A. D. 1913.
OF THE SOVEREIGNTY, JURISDICTION AND LIMITS.
CHAPTER 4.
OF THE SOVEREIGNTY, JURISDICTION AND LIMITS.
AN ACT in relation to the title of lands taken or held by Sussex
County.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representii-tives
of the State of Delaware in.General Assembly met:
Sussex County Section 1. Whenever it shall be necessary for the
tnoamhooldo ITI!: County of Sussex to take or hold the title to any real es-tt:',
Noti tate the same shall be taken and held ill the name of "The
Sussex Co." State of Delaware for the use of Sussex County".
Trustee or Section 2. Any Trustee or Trustees now holding
Tioraitil,golinurv d lands for the use of Sussex County is hereby authorized
to and directed to convey the same in fee simple to "The
State of Delaware for the use of Sussex County."
Approved March 12, A. D. 1913.
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OF PUBLIC LANDS.
CHAPTER 5.
OF PUBLIC LANDS.
AN ACT providing for a permanent Public Lands Commission for
the State of Delaware, and making an appropriation to carry
out the provisions of this Act.
WHEREAS there is a great amount of public land with-in
the State of Delaware the boundaries of which have
not been ascertained, and
WREREAs it is impossible for the State tinder present
conditions to dispose of said lands when an opportunity
shall offer, and
WHEREAS there is at present no supervision of said
public lands, therefore,
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-tives
of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met:
Section L That Dr. Hiram R. Burton, Richard R..CaoirfineujiHsioners
Kenney, Harry J. Anderson and Edward G. Walls be
and they are hereby created and constituted a Commis-sion
to ascertain the location of the public lands of the
State of Delaware and to have the same surveyed and iTavineir ,,,,oybeliici
plotted and to have general supervision over said public nod plotted
lands. Said Commission shall, after having the said Re rd plots
lands plotted, have said plots recorded in the office of owit°eRelseorder
the Recorder of Deeds in the County in which any such
land may lie.
Section 2. Of said Commission Dr. Hiram R. Burlailaotramof
ton and Edward G. Walls shall serve for the term of :,red ft, tide
10 LAWS OF DELA.WABE.
OF PUBLIC LANDS.
two years and Richard R. Kenney and Harry J. Ander.
son shall serve for the term of four years. At the expi-ration
of the term of any of the members of said Coin- Governor to
appoint sue- mission the Governor shall appoint successors of the ee3sors same political party as those who previously held said
No tooro than
two to be of posittiion for a term of four years each, so that not more
same political
Party than two of said Commissioners shall at any one time
belong to the same political party.
Compemation
of Commis-sioners
Section 3. The said Commission shall receive a coin-
Authorized to pensation of Five Dollars per day for each Commission. employ help er and shall be authorized to employ a Surveyor or Sur-veyors,
Attorney or Attorneys, or any other assistants
necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
Section 4. Said Commission shall have authority by
iroo`,"tvril:!;-,1 d and with the approval of the Governor to divide said
lands into tracts of fifty acres or less, and such Commis-EmpowerPd
to sioners together with the Governor are hereby author-gLe.
c," tZ'S' i zed and empowered to execute and deliver good and
jyruatrircle sufficient Deed for any part of said public lands, being
.om fifty acres or less, in extent whenever said Commission
and Governor shall deem it advisable to sell such tract
Authorizttl t or any part of any such fifty acre tract. The said Corn-
?17,(1,,rxl'ite",i mission is authorized, if they shall deem it expedient, to
mr7sh=1. require the expenditure of a certain amount of money
upon any such tract of land by any person or persons
purchasing or of placing on such sale any other condi-tions
which they may deem advisable for the public good.
ctuooti,,00tt to Section 5. The said Commission is hereby authorized
supervise and directed to care for the public land of the State of
UOVS:""b- Delaware and supervise the sale of any material product
such.as hay, which may be grown or may grow upon any
such land, and make return of their proceeds, showing
the amount of receipts and expenditures to the next Gen-eral
Assembly of the State of Delaware.
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OF PUBLIC LANDS.
Section 6. The said Commission is hereby authorized T. lay off high-to
survey and lay off such public highways through any Nne tanr3"
such lands as they may deem advisable and for the pub-lic
good.
Section 7. If any party or parties shall purchase any
of said public lands of said Commission under any con-ditions
or restrictions by said Commission, and said per.
son or persons shall fail for a period of five years to Failure of pur-comply
with the conditions or restrictions mentioned in pqrvrtngril:
the Deed of grant from said Commission, they shall for- tions in Deed
feit said lands to the State of Delaware, and the title to
same shall immediately vest in the State.
Section 8. For the payment of the compensation of
said Commissioners, their Counsel, Surveyor and Assist-ants
and all other expenses of said Commission the sum sioo nppro-of
Fifteen Hundred Dollars is hereby appropriated and Pin,iteesdo`f°g;I:
the State Treasurer is hereby authorized to pay from nuss'
time to time out of said appropriation, orders on account
of said expenditures signed by the President and Secre-tary
of said Commission and approved by the Governor.
Section 9. The Governor of the State of Delaware Governor to be
shall at all times be a member ex-officio of said Commis- ,"(0-roirn" me'
sion with right to vote on any question before said Corn- vote in ease of
mission in case of a tie vote. tie
Approved April 2, A. D. 1913.
Situation of
said land
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OF PUBLIC LANDS.
CHAPTER 6.
OF PUBLIC LANDS.
AN ACT to enable the United States Government to acquire certain
land in the City of Wilmington.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-tives
of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met:
to U. That the consent of the Legislature be, and the same
to acqui,c land is, hereby given to the acquisition by the Government of
the United States of title to a tract of land on the south-erly
side of the Christiana River, Delaware, beginning at
a point on the northerly side of A Street, the prolonga-tion
of the dividing line on a ditch between the land of
the Bickta estate and the McCalllley estate, running
thence on the dividing line between the said estates to
the Christiana River; running thence along the Christi-ana
River in an easterly direction three hundred feet,
more or less ; thence in a southerly direction, parallel
with the aforesaid dividing line in the ditch between the
said Bickta and McCaulley estates, to the northerly line
of A Street; and thence along the northerly line of A
Street to the place of beginning; the said courses being
approximate, and all deeds, conveyances and other pa-pers
relating to the title thereof shall be recorded as in
other cases in the office of the Recorder of Deeds in and
for New Castle County.
Consent in
ach
- The consent herein and hereby given being in accord- oordence wit
U. S. Constitu- ance with eighteenth clause of the eighth section of the tion
first article of the Constitution of the United States and
cianty to
State sever-exist
with the Acts of Congress in such cases made and pro.
over
maidd
land vided. But notwithstanding such consent and conces- in civil an
criminal pro- sion the sovereignty and jurisdiction of this State shall CadS011
LAWS OF DELAWARE. 13
OF PUBLIC LANDS.
extend over the land so acquired by the United States
so far as that all civil and criminal process issued by
virtue of any law of this State may be executed on any
part of said land so acquired, or any buildings or struc-tures
which may be erected thereon.
Approved April 14, A. D. 1913.
LAWS OF DELAWARE.
OF THE STATE HOUSE.
CHAPTER 7.
OF THE STATE HOUSE.
AN ACfr in relation to obtaining certain Portraits for the State
House.
WHEREAS, the State possesses some portraits of Gov-ernors
but portraits of few prominent Delawareans who
have held offices under the State, and,
'WHEREAS, it is deemed advisable to obtain as many
portraits as possible of Signers of the Declaration of
Independence from Delaware, United States Senators,
Congressmen, Judges of the Court and Cabinet Officers
appointed from this State, therefore,
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-tives
of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met:
Section 1. That a Commission consisting a the Gov-ernor
of the State, the President Pro Tempore of the
Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives
be and the same are hereby appointed a Commission to
obtain by gift or purchase portraits as recited in the
preamble to this Act.
Number of Section 2. Portraits that may be purchased shall be portraits limit- . .
ed tm live in a limited to five in any one year. year
Section 3. The State Treasurer is hereby authorized
and directed to pay out of any moneys not otherwise ap-propriated
on warrants drawn by the Governor from
time to time amounts necessary to carry this Act into
effect.
Approved March 26, A. D. 1913.
14
Commission
appointed
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OF THE STATE HOUSE.
CHAPTER 8.
OF THE STATE HOUSE.
AN ACT Providing for the Decoration ot the State Capitol by the
'Representation in Painting of Historical Episodes in the History
of the Country prominently participated in by Delawareans.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-tives
of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met:
Section 1. That a Commission composed of Miss coisthn,
Emily P. Bissell, of Wilmington, Mrs. Charles Cope-named
land, of Christiana Hundred, Mrs. Charles R. Miller, of
Wilmington, Miss Mary Hutchins, of Middletown, Mrs.
Henry M. Ridgely, of Dover, Mrs. John Sheldralce, of
Harrington, Mrs. Robert Lindale, of Wyoming, Mrs. S.
J. Reynolds, of Smyrna, Mrs. Lewis W. Mustard, of
Lewes, Mrs. Thomas Rawlins, of Seaford, Miss Jennie
Davis, of Milford, and Miss Julia Burton, of George-town,
Delaware, shall be, and the same is hereby created,
who shall serve without pay, to select the subject or sub iTt. t p' on; c
with-jects,
contract for the painting of, and under the terms Authorized to
of this act, pay for the painting of some historical scene zteiily,t,,,,eyornotrrnet
or scenes connected with the history of this State, with P"'"'"
which to decorate the walls of the State Capitol. Such
painting or paintings shall be of merit proper for such Character of
decoration and shall be suitably placed in the capitol as r.fetr"s""
selected and arranged for by the said Commission. Pay-ments
for such decorations and paintings shall be made
on the recommendation of said Commission, through its
Chairman, from money in the State Treasury not other-wise
appropriated, provided that during the two years pit,
nittsncoo
succeeding the passage of this Act, and until
shall be appropriated for such purposes, nfou rtchoenr-, sums
16 LAWS OF DELAWARE.
OF THE STATE HOUSE.
tract shall be executed for such painting or paintings
made thereunder or other obligation incurred in anywise
which shall exceed the sum of fifty-five hundred dollars.
Approved March 19, A. D. 1913.
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OF THE STATE HOUSE, LIBRARY AND PUBLIC OFFICES.
CHAPTER 9.
OF THE STATE HOUSE, LIBRARY AND PUBLIC OFFICES.
AN ACT assigning the Booms in the State House and the State
Library and Administration Building to certain Public Officers.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-tives
of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met:
Section 1. That the Senate and Representative Chammiii....dme=,_
hers and all other rooms on the second and third floors 11; by Greral
in the old or main building of the State House at Dover "el" Y
and the rooms on the first floor of said building immedi-ately
under the Senate Chamber shall be at all times for
the exclusive use of the General Assembly and under its
control.
Section 2. That the communicating rooms at the south- laeodria,t,,,hihe
west corner of the old or main building on the first floor Govern"
of said State House are hereby designated as the Gov-ernor's
offices and are assigned to said officer.
Section 3. That the rooms and the fire-proof vault uRs000drnbsyvt,h1;e
situated on the north side of said old or main building on tort:tary of
the first floor of said State House are hereby designated
as the offices of the Secretary of State and are assigned
to said officer.
Section 4. That all the communicating rooms on the itxn tgo lale
east side of the new State Library and Administration Eitlinta nfr
Building and the adjoining room on the south side of Reading Room
the old or main building on the first floor thereof, togeth-er
with the cellar under said new building are hereby des-
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OF THE STATE HOUSE, LIBRARY AND PUBLIC OFFICES.
ignated for the use of the State Library and Reading
Room, and the small office in the center thereof is assign.-
ed to the State Librarian.
Rooms to be Section 5. That the communicating rooms at the north-
VralutrState west corner on the first floor of the new State Library
and Administration Building are hereby designated as
the offices of the State Treasurer and are assigned to
said officer.
Rooms to be Section 6. That the communicating rooms at the south-uAsuedd
itobry State west corner on the first floor of the new State Library
and Administration Building are hereby designated as
the offices of the Auditor of Accounts and are assigned
to said officer.
Room tobe used Section 7. That the room at the southwest corner on
16yo mI nms iusrattonnceer the second floor of the new State Library and Adminis-tration
Building is hereby designated as the office of the
Insurance Commissioner and is assigned to said officer.
Room to be Section 8. That the room at the northwest corner on ussd by
tioard of
State the second floor of the new State Library and Adminis- Agriculture tration Building is hereby designated as the office of the
State Board of Agriculture and is assigned to said Board.
tjitirdmbtY
° bSet a te Section 9. That the large middle room on the second
Judiciary floor of the new State Library and Administration Build-ing
is hereby assigned to the use of the Judiciary of the
State of Delaware.
All other rooms Section 10. That all other rooms in the State House
boy bSet alld: I or the new State Library and Administration Building
zaoroi uoriar shall be assigned by the State Librarian under the direc-
Governor tion of the Governor for such uses and purposes as may
be designated by the Governor.
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OF THE STATE HOUSE, LIBRARY AND PUBLIC OFFICES:
Section 11. The State Librarian shall have the gener- State Librarian
al charge of the State House and the New State Library tAahragyee genera
and Administration Building, subject to the provision of
the preceding sections ; and shall see that the same is
properly cared for.
Section 12. That Chapter 4, Volume 21, Laws of Del-aware,
and all other acts or parts of acts inconsistent
herewith are hereby repealed.
Approved March 17, A. D. 1913.
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Or THE STATE HOUSE.
CHAPTER 10.
OF THE STATE HOUSE.
AN ACT for the establishment of a Hall of Records and appropriat-ing
money therefor.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-tives
of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met:
Rooms assign- Section 1. That a portion of the fire-proof basement
ad to Hall of
Records of the library wing of the State House of Delaware is
hereby devoted and set apart as a State Hall of Records.
Archives Corn- Section 2. That the State Archives Commission of the
mission to State of Delaware created under an Act entitled, "An
of Records Act for the better preservation of certain Public Rec-ords,"
being Chapter 77, Volume 23, Laws of Delaware
as amended by Chapter 82, of Volume 26, Laws of Del-aware,
shall have the care and custody of the aforesaid
To plaice there- Hall of Records and shall place therein all records, books
in certain rec-ords,
books and papers of public and historic interest which have
and PaP"' been heretofore or which may be hereafter assigned to
their care and shall make such rules and regulations for
the care and preservation of the same as shall seem to
them proper and necessary.
Fire proof par- Section 3. That a partition of fire proof material ap-twoaa
to he
constructed proved by a competent architect shall be constructed
within said fire proof library basement. Said partition
shall form the north and west walls of said Hall of Rec-ords
and time south and east walls of said Hall of Rec-ords
shall be the present south and east walls of the base-oLfi
mpaitritnigti osniz e merit aforesaid. The partition aforesaid shall be built
at such a point as to leave a corridor at least fifteen feet
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OF THE STATE HOUSE.
-wide running along the west wall of said basement and
a similar corridor, fifteen feet wide along the north wall
of said basement. Any door or doors in said partition
shall be of fire proof construction.
Section 4. That the Archives Commission of the State
of Delaware shall cause to be placed in the Hall of Rec-ords
on the completion of the fire proof partition such Authorized to
steel cabinets or other furniture as they deem necessa-ry;
and ;;hall cause to be placed in said Hall the safe
purchased pursuant to the Act of the General Assembly
approved at Dover, April 5th, A. D. 1909, being Chapter
255, Volume 25, Laws of Delaware.
Section 5. That the sum of One Thousand Dollars Appropriation
($1,000.00) be and the same is, hereby appropriated for 0 $1000.00
the purpose of defraying the expenses of the erection of
the fire proof partition and doors for the aforesaid Hall
of Records and for the purchase of the steel furniture as
aforesaid and for the removal of the said safe. It shall Duty of Ar-be
the duty of the said Archives Commission of Delaware (tionicvacrarm
to see that the provisions of this Act are carried into ef- Act into effect
feet, and the State Treasurer shall honor the warrants
of the said Commission drawn for the payment of the
same out of any moneys in his hands not otherwise ap-propriated,
provided the aggregate of such warrant-;
shall not exceed the sum of One Thousand Dollars
($1,000.00).
Approved March 18, A. D. 1913.
Limiting size
of partition
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OF THE STATE HOUSE.
CHAPTER 10.
OF THE STATE HOUSE.
AN ACT for the establishment of a Hall of Records and appropriat-ing
money therefor.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-tives
of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met:
Rooms assign- Section 1. That a portion of the fire-proof basement
ad to Rail of
Records of the library wing of the State House of Delaware is
hereby devoted and set apart as a State Hall of Records.
Archives Corn- Section 2. That the State Archives Commission of the
charge
iaseioent?
Hall State of Delaware created under an Act entitled, "An
of Records Act for the better preservation of certain Public Rec-ords,"
being Chapter 77, Volume 23, Laws of Delaware
as amended by Chapter 82, of Volume 26, Laws of Del-aware,
shall have the care and custody of the aforesaid
To place there- Hall of Records and shall place therein all records, books
in certain"" and papers of public and historic interest which have
and papora been heretofore or which may be hereafter assigned to
their care and shall make such rules and regulations for
the care and preservation of the same as shall seem to
them proper and necessary.
Fire proof par- Section 3. That i partition of fire proof material
ti"l'ed proved by a competent architect shall be constructed
within said fire proof library basement. Said partition
shall form the north and west walls of said Hall of Rec-ords
and the south and east walls of said Hall of Rec-ords
shall be the present south and east walls of the base-ment
aforesaid. The partition aforesaid shall be built
at such a point as to leave a corridor at least fifteen feet
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OF THE STATE HOUSE.
vide running along the west wall of said basement and
a similar corridor, fifteen feet wide along the north wall
of said basement. Any door or doors in said partition
shall be of fire proof construction.
Section 4. That the Archives Commission of the State
of Delaware shall cause to be placed in the Hall of Rec-ords
on the completion of the fire proof partition such Authorized to
steel cabinets or other furniture as they deem necessa- 'orgini :17!
ry; and Shall cause to be placed in said Hall the safe
purchased pursuant to the Act of the General Assembly
approved at Dover, April 5th, A. D. 1909, being Chapter
255, Volume 25, Laws of Delaware.
Section 5. That the sum of One Thousand Doll-a rs Appropriation
($1,000.00) be and the same is, hereby appropriated for a 18 000.00
the purpose of defraying the expenses of the erection of
the fire proof partition and doors for the aforesaid Hall
of Records and for the purchase of the steel furniture as
aforesaid and for the removal of the said safe. It shall Duty of Ar-be
the duty of the said Archives Commission of Delaware gielarMs
to see that the provisions of this Act are carried into ef- Act into effect
feet, and the State Treasurer shall honor the warrants
of the said Commission drawn for the payment of the
same out of any moneys in his hands not otherwise ap-propriated,
provided the aggregate of such warrant,;
shall not exceed the sum of One Thousand Dollars
($1,000.00).
Approved March 18, A. D. 1913.
I;
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OF THE STATE LIBRARY.
CHAPTER 11.
OF THE STATE LIBRARY.
AN ACT Regarding the Purchase and Sale of Certain Books by the
State Librarian.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-tives
of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met:
State Libra,. Section 1. That the State Librarian be and he is here-llinbZsdis"""
by authorized to dispose of, by way of sale or exchange,
such books in the State Library as are not needed and of
which there are a number of copies, upon the approval of
any two judges of the Superior Court of this State.
Over
tttouu rnetd; books shall be promptly turned over by the State Libraa--
Money derived Section 2. Any money derived from the sale of such
Treasurer rian to the State Treasurer and the State Treasurer is
State Treasur- hereby authorized to keep a separate account of such re-
;:rutto, account ceipts. These receipts shall be subject to be expended
Reeeipt to he for other books needed in the State Library and the s
%.f E,e,N!e,;(1L'r State Treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to pay
spurobvjeacl ti f totw Uo p such bills chargeable against this fund upon presentation
udgeq of same by the State Librarian and bearing the approval
of any two judges of this State and in accordance with
the law governing the approval and payment of bills by
the State Treasurer.
Section 3. All Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent here-with,
and especially Chapter 113, Volume 24, Laws of
Delaware, are hereby repealed.
Approved March 19, A. D. 1913.
on approval
of any two
Judgea
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CHAPTER 12.
OF THE PASSING AND PUBLICATION OF LAWS AND JOURNALS
AN ACT Providing for a Method of Recording, Filing and Certifying
all Acts and Resolutions passed by the General Assembly.
WHEREAS, It has been the custom of the General Assem-bly
since the time this State was a British Colony to
have all Acts and Resolutions that pass both Houses en-grossed
or enrolled, and the said enrollment being a sur-vival
of 4 custom that was necessary before the use of
the typewriter or general use of the printing press,
And WHEREAS, It is now a needless expense and in-creases
the danger of mistakes in transcribing, therefore,
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-tives
of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met:
Section 1. All bills and resolutions passed by the Gen-eral
Assembly that are published in the laws shall here- lined'eTT, o he
after be preserved by the art of printing or by being typewritten
typewritten not being copied or transcribed with the pen.
Section 2. A Bill Clerk for the House of Representa- prticpptk Lod
tives and one for the Senate shall be appointed by joint for each ""se
resolution at each Session of the General Assembly.
Section 3. The duties of said Bill Clerks shall be to glue tr ig of Bill
have a general supervision over all bills and resolutions
introduced at any session of the General Assembly.
When any bill or resolution has passed both Houses it mhod
shall be the duty of said Bill Clerks to attach a parch- backing hill'
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ment backing to same and to initial, seal or stamp each
and every page of each and every bill so passed and pre-sent
them to the presiding officers of the two Houses for
their signatures, and to certify with the Secretary of
Senate and Clerk of the House on the backing of each
bill or resolution that such bill or resolution is the same
as that which passed both Houses, and they will then de-liver
the same to the Chairmen of the Committee on
To be clerks to passed bills of their respective Houses. Said Bill Clerks Committees on ,
Passed Bills in audition to the duties herein prescribed shall be Clerks
of the Committees on passed bills.
When hill or In case a Bill or Resolution is amended or substituted
amendedr
e It oi rs before final passage the Passed Bill Committee shall
substituted for have the same re-typewritten or re-printed and said cor-rected
copy shall be considered the original for certifica-tion
and filing.
Section 4. It shall be the duty of the
Committee on passed bills to deliver the
ernor and take his receipt therefor.
Section 5. It shall be the duty of the
Committee on passed bills to report to
Houses the bills so delivered.
Chairmen of the
same to ti e Gov-
Chairmen of the
their respective
i liWelcong Section 6. It shall be the duty of the Chairmen on
Executive passs eec(1 bills to report to their respective Houses any bills approval
that may become laws without the Governor's signature;
in accordance with Section 18, Article 3 of the Constitu-tion
of the State of Delaware, and the House in which
said Act or resolution originated shall file under the
hands of the presiding officer and clerk the said acts or
resolutions with the Secretary of State, whose duty it
shall be to publish the same as a law the same as if the
Governor had signed it.
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Bill Clerks to
have a seal
Bills to be de-livered
to Gov-ernor
Chairmen of
Passed Bills
Com, to report
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Section 7. It shall be the duty of the Chairmen of said To report on
Committees on passed bills to report at least weekly to approved billa.
their respective Houses the acts and joint resolutions
that have been signed by the Governor.
Approved February 12, A. D. 1913.
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A Document
Clerk to be
selected by
General
Assembly
OF THE PASSING AND PUBLICATION OF LAWS AND JOURNALS
CHAPTER 13.
OF THE PASSING AND PUBLICATION OF LAWS AND JOURNALS
AN ACT Providing for the employment by the General Assembly of
a Document Clerk and prescribing his duties.
Section 1. That there shall be selected by Concurrent
Resolution of both Houses of the General Assembly at
each regular session thereof, a person who shall be
known as Document Clerk who shall serve the General
Assembly during the period of its regular session.
To have eusto- Section 2. The Document Clerk shall have custody of
dy or all print.
ed bills all printed bills before the General Assembly and charge
of the distribution and mailing thereof, according to di-rection
of members of the General Assembly on Concur-rent
Resolutions of the General Assembly passed from
time to time and in addition thereto he shall attend the
To attend mi private entrance to the rooms of the General Assembly vate (mummy
to Assembly admitting only such persons as shall have the right of
Gha tubers admission by entrance.
Section 3. The compensation of the Document Clerk
shall be fixed by the JOint Claims- Committee.
Approved March 19, A. D. 1913.
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CHAPTER 14.
OF THE PASSING AND PUBLICATION OF LAWS AND JOURNALS
AN ACT to Amend an Act providing for a method , of Recording,
Filing and Certifying all Acts and Resolutions Passed by the
General Assembly.
WHEREAS, this General Assembly passed an Act provid-ing
for a method of Recording, Filing and Certifying all
Acts and Resolutions passed by the General Assembly,
said Act being approved by the Governor on the twelfth
day of February, A. D. 1913, and
WHEREAS, in carrying into effect the details of said Act
it is found inexpedient to re-typewrite or re-print a Sub-stitute
Bill, therefore
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-tives-
of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met:
section 1. That the last paragraph of Section 3 of
said Act be amended by striking out the said last pant-graph
and inserting in lieu thereof the following : ''In P,af','nenualled
case a Bill or Resolution is amended before final passageir..,p8geteti,obre
the Passed Bill Committee shall have the same re-type-re-tyPewritten
written or re-printed, and said corrected copy shall be
considered the original for certification and filing."
Approved March 7, A. D. 1913.
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CHAPTER 15.
OF THE PASSING AND PUBLICATION OF LAWS AND JOURNALS
AN ACT to Amend Chapter 9, Volume 21, Laws of Delaware.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-tives
of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met:
Section 1. Amend Chapter 9, Volume 21, Laws of Del-aware,
by adding an additional Section, which shall be
known as Section 4 a0 shall read as follows:
Section 4. That the Secretary of State shall hereafter Seeretury of
State to print print as a part of the volumes provided for under Chap- heren fter n11
proelamottionN ter 9, Volume 21, Laws of Delaware, all the proclama-tions
of the Governor of the State of Delaware that are
issued from time to time; provided, that the session laws
of 1913 shall include all proclamations of the Governor
issued on or after January 1st, 1913, until the day the
session laws of 191.3 go to print.
Provided further, that tlie Secretary of State is auth- 111w:tura Hes.
siono °Menem! orized and he is hereby directed to ascertain the number Assembly to be
numericallY of regular sessions held by the General Assemblies of demignated the State of Delaware, and that the General Assembly of
the State of Delaware now in session shall be officially
known by that number, and that all subsequent Biennial
Assemblies shall be designated by number in sequence
thereafter; and be it -further provided, that this method
Method of' designation shall be used in all official references and of
1`,"muitenr1;),"otit. in reference to General Assemblies of the State of Dela-dal
references ware in the future.
Approved March 26, A. D. 1913.
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CHAPTER 16.
OF THE PASSING AND PUBLICATION OF LAWS AND JOURNALS
AN ACT to revive and extend the time for recording private Acts.
WHEREAS, by Section 3 of Chapter 4 of the Revised
Statutes of the State of Delaware, it is provided that
private Statutes (namely such as are not of a public na-ture
or published as such) shall be recorded in the Re-corder's
Office in one of the Counties of this State within
twelve months after their passage or they shall be void ;
and
WHEREAS, a number of private and unpublished Acts
heretofore passed have been allowed to become void
through ignorance of the aforesaid enactment; therefore,
for the purpose of relieving the parties interested of the
embarrassments and disappointments arising from such
neglect in the premises; therefore
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-tires
of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met,
(two-thirds of each Branch concurring therein):
section 1. That all unpublished acts heretofore pass-ed
that have become void on account of no being duly iTtPsubbelitiVore
recorded in compliance with the provisions aforesaid rva: g etet
and that have not by special acts been repealed or be- void
come void by lapse of the time for which they were limit-ed,
be and the same are hereby severally renewed and
re-enacted, and together with the provisions therein con-tained
are respectively declared to be in full force for
the period mentioned in the original acts, and to. have the
same force and effects as if the said acts had been sever-
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To have same ally recorded according to law, and all acts and transac-force
and effect
as if recorded tons done and performed under the provisions of said
properly acts and property and other rights accrued thereunder,
shall have the same force and effect and be as valid to
all intents and purposes as if the said acts had been sev-erally
recorded according to law; provided, that this en-
teNiffoifeetd ctt o cu otnaptkyil e ic s er- ahncatsm neencto mshe avllo indo at st aakfeo reefsfaeicdt, iunn ttihle a ccaesret ifoife da ncoyp ayc tt htehrea-t.
recorded of shall be duly recorded in the Recorder's Office of one
of the Counties of this State; and, provided further, that
no such copy of a voided act shall be received for record Time limit of
one year after after the expiration of one year from the passage of this passage of this
aot act.
Section 2. That this act shall be deemed and taken to
be a public act and shall be pUblished as such.
Approved March 12, A. D. 1913.
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OF JUDICIAL REPORTS.
CHAPTER 17.
OF JUDICIAL REPORTS.
AN ACT to Provide for a Second Edition of Volume 1, 2, 3 and 4
of Houston's Report&
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-tives
of the State of Delaware, in General. Assembly met:
Section 1. That the Associate Judge of the Superior tIVIT 'Kent
Court, resident in Kent County, be and he is hereby auth- Caovueoptyriloted
orized and directed to have printed and published at goopt='s
least four hundred copies of each of Volumes 1, 2, 3 and
4 of Houston's Reports, and to deposit in the State Li-brary
one hundred copies of each volume of said reports
so printed; and on the certificate of the Secretary of
State that one hundred copies of any volume of said re-ports
have been so deposited in the State Library, the
Governor is authorized to draw his warrant on the State Governor to
Treasurer to pay for the printing of the same at the irsown owez:.rtiripenat.
Price of Nine Dollars Per copy of each volume so depos- Lti°rny °off getnalie;
ited.
Approved March 14, A. D. 1913.
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CHAPTER 18.
OF JUDICIAL REPORTS.
AN ACT to amend Chapter 10, Volume 20, Laws of Delaware, en-titled
"An Act in relation to the publication of certain Equity
Cases and Judicial Reports when not published by the Chancellor
or Associate Judge resident in Rent County, respectively, ex-tending
the time for publishing Judicial Reports", by further
extending the time for publishing the Judicial Reports.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-tives
of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met:
Section 1. That Chapter 10, Volume 26, Laws of Dela-ware,
entitled "An Act to amend Chapter 5, Volume 25,
Laws of Delaware, entitled 'An Act in relation to the
publication of certain Equity Cases and Judicial Reports
when not published by the Chancellor or Associate Judge
resident in Kent County, respectively,' extending the
tune for publishing Judicial Reports", be and the same
is hereby amended by striking out the word "four" in
the last line of said act and inserting in lieu thereof the
word "six".
Amend Chap.
10, Vol. 20
Approved March 17, A. D. 1913.
TITLE SECOND
Of the Public Revenue; and the Assessment,
Collection and Appropriation of Taxes.
CHAPTER 19.
OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE.
AN ACT to Amend an Act entitled "An Act to Raise Revenue for
the State by Taxing Certain Corporations" being Chapter 166,
Volume 21, Laws of Delaware, amended and published a.s Chap-ter
15, Volume 22, Laws of Delaware.
Be it enacted by the Senate .and House of Representa-tives
of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met:
Section 1. That Chapter 166, Volume 21, Laws of Del- Voef ?ghat). 15
aware, amended and published as Chapter 15, Volume ;,
22, Laws of Delaware, entitled "An Act to Raise Reve-nue
for the State by Taxing Certain Corporations", as
amended by the Acts amendatory thereto, be and the
same is hereby amended in the manner following:
1st. By striking out the period after the word "time"
in the thirty-first line of Section 2 as published in said
Chapter 15, Volume 22, which line is the end of the first
paragraph of said section, and inserting in lieu thereof Life Insurance
a semi-colon ( ;), and then adding thereto the fo1lowing2
words : "Each life insurance company shall state theNt;°;';',',tmosf
rtirtioty to
34
the total amount of premiums received by it for insur-ance
upon the lives of persons resident within this State,
during the same time."
2nd. By striking out everything after the word "tax"
in the twenty-third line of Section 4 as published in said
Chapter 15, Volume 22, down to and including the word
"preceding" in the twenty-ninth line thereof, being the
end of that sentence, and inserting in lieu thereof the
following words: "of two percentum upon the gross
amount of the premium so returned or ascertained."
3d. By striking out the period at the end of Section
4 as published in said Chapter 15, Volume 22, and as
amended by Chapter 259, Volume 22, Laws of Delaware,
and inserting in lieu thereof a semi-colon ( ;), and then
Not to exempt adding thereto the following words: "provided further,
any life ixsur- , ,
enee company tnat nothing herein contained shall be so construed as
Incorporated in ,
Delaware from to exempt any life insurance company incorporated RD -
payment of
tax der the laws of Delaware, from the payment of any part
of the tax hereinbefore specifically provided for such
companies."
Two percent-um
on gross
amount of
premiums
OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE.
Approved March 31, A. D. 1913.
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CHAPTER 20.
OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE.
AN ACT to Amend Chapter 259, Volume 22, Laws of Delaware, en-titled
"An Act to Amend an Act Entitled an Act to Raise Reve-nue
for the State by Taxing Certain Corporations" being Chap-ter
15, Volume 22, Laws of Delaware.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-tives
of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met:
Section 1. That Section 1, Chapter 259, Volume 22,
Laws of Delaware, be and the same is hereby amended,
as follows: In line nine strike out all after the word "As- Amend Chap.
sociations" to and including the word "State" in line 259, Vol. 22
twelve, and insert in lieu thereof the following after the
word "Associations" in line nine; "or to any manufac-turing
or mining qr mercantile corporations whose cap-ital
stock actually paid in is invested in a business car-ried
on within this State".
Approved March 20, A. D. 1913.
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CHAPTER 21.
OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE.
AN ACT entitled, "An Act to amend Sections 5 and 10 of Chapter
15, Volume 22, Laws of Delaware, ent:tled,- 'An Act to raise reve-nue
for the State by taxing certain Corporations' ".
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-tives
of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met,
(two-thirds of each branch thereof concurring therein):
Section 1. That Section 5 of Chapter 15, Volume 22,
Laws of Delaware, be and the same is hereby amended
to read as follows :
"Section 5. That the Secretary of State shall certify Secretary of
State to certify
to State Trees- and report to the State Treasurer, on or before the third
urer annual Tuesday of March in each year, a statement of the basis license fee of the annual license fee or franchise tax determined
from the annual report filed by each corporation as here-inbefore
required, and the amount of tax due thereon
Duty of Staterespectively, at the rate fixed by this Act; such tax shall
Tretvurer to thereafter become due and payable and it shall be the receive tax duty of the State Treasurer to bnmediately notify all
corporations of the amount of such license fee, or fran-chise
tax due and payable by them and to receive the
Interest on tax same; if the tax of any corporation or company remains
unpaid unpaid on the first day of July after the same becomes
due the same shall thenceforth bear interest at the rate
of one per centum for each month i until paid ; the Secre
Power of Seery- tarY
-
of State shall have power to inquire into the truth
thot %yr.) toi firetaitieito or falsity of every report required to be filed by this Act
truth ol reports as may be necessary to carry out the provisions hereof ;
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and may require the production of the books of any such
corporation, and may swear or affirm and examine wit-nesses
in relation thereto".
Section 2. That Section 10 of Chapter 15, Volume 22,
Laws of Delaware, be and the same is hereby amended
to read as follows:
"Section 10. If any corporation hereafter created
shall for two consecutive years neglect or refuse to pay
the State any tax or taxes which has or have been or
shall be assessed against it, or which it is required to
pay, under any law of this State and made payable into
the State Treasury, the charter of such corporation shall Charter void
be void, and all powers conferred by law upon such cor-zp,fiimalleurFotro
poration are hereby declared inoperative and void, un- two years
less the Governor shall for good cause shown to him,
give further time for the payment of such tax or taxes,
in winch case a certificate thereof shall be filed by the
Governor in the office of the State Treasurer, stating the
reasons therefor."
Section :l. All Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent with
the provisions of this Act be and the same are hereby
repealed.
Approved AI rch 19, A. D. 1913.
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CHAPTER 22.
OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE.
AN ACT to amend an Act entitled"An Act to Raise Revenue for the
State by Taxing Certain Corporations", being Chapter 100, Vol-ume
21, Laws of Delaware as amended and published as Chapter
15, Volume 22, Laws of Delaware.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-times
of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met,
(with the concurrence of two-thirds of all the members
elected to each HOUSC of the General Assembly):
Section 1. That Section 16 of an act entitled "An Act
to raise revenue for the State by taxing certain corpora-tions"
being Chapter 166, Volume 21, Laws of Delaware,
as amended and published as Chapter 15, Volume 22,
Laws of Delaware, be and the same is hereby 'amended
by adding at the end of the thirteenth line of said section
the following:
In all eases in which the Charter of any corporation Corporation
created since created since the tenth day of March, A. D. 1899 or here- /I/iambi° 1890,
1,aornittgobir prin. after created, has or shall become inoperative or void by
proclamation of the Governor or by operation of Law
for non-payment of taxes and such corporation has been
or shall be reinstated and entitled to all its franchises
and privileges such reinstatement heretofore or hereaf-ter
made shall validate all contracts, acts, matters and
Validation of things made, done and performed within the scope of its
contracts and
acts of corpo- charter by such corporation, its officers and agents dur-ration
or
officer when ing the time when such charter was or shall be inopera- s
reinstated tive or void with the same force and effect and to all in-tents-
and purposes as if said charter had at all times
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remained in full force and effect, and all real and per-sonal
property, rights and credits which were or shall
be of said corporation at the time its Charter became or
shall become inoperative or void and which were not or
shall not be disposed of prior to the time of such rein-statement
are and shall be vested in such corporation
after such reinstatement as fully and amply as they were
or shall be held by said corporation at and before the
time its charter became or shall become inoperative or
void, and said corporation after such reinstatement shall
be as exclusively liable for all contracts, acts, matters
and things made, done or performed. in its name and on!gbriEh
ffi
nf
natinla contreatcsotsr its behalf by its officers and agents prior to such rein-np
statement as if its charter had at all times remained in
full force and effect.
Approved March 26, A. D. 1913.
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CHAPTER 23.
OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE.
AN ACT providing for the Licensing of Individuals, Associations of
Persons, Firms or Corporations having their principal place of
business without this State but maintaining within this State
branch stores, warehouses, or distributing depots for the sale of
products, goods, wares and merchandise; and fixing a rate of
taxation therefor.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-tives
of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met:
Section 1. From and after the passage and approval
of this Act every individual, association of persons, firm
Branch tores or corporation having its principal place of business - s
in .thip State, without this State, but maintaining within this State principal place
of business branch stores, warehouses, or distributing depots, for without the sale of products, goods, wares, and merchandise, or
any property of any description, either by the whole-sale
or retail, shall, annually, on or before the first of
To take out a June, take out a license to engage in, prosecute, follow
license and carry on the said business and occupation of main-taining
such branch stores, warehouses, or distributing
depots, as aforesaid, for which he, she, it, or they, shall
Tax of $10.00 pay, for the use of the State, the sum of Ten Dollars
($10.00) to the Clerk of the Peace of each County in
which such individual, association of persons, firm or
corporation maintains any such branch store or stores,
warehouse or warehouses, or distributing depot or de-
Awrte=cof pots, and the personal representative or agent within
tohrehoPreonrceepl, this State of any such individual, association of persons,
rittgagtraetucal r n t firm or corporation shall, on or before the said first of
natgovite of June annually before taking out said license, file with
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the said Clerk of the Peace a true statement of the ag-gregate
cost value of all the goods, wares, merchandise,
produce, or other property which such personal repre-sentative
or agent, as aforesaid, shall have received for
sale in said business and occupation during the year
immediately preceding the date of taking out said license.
The said statement shall be verified by the oath or affir-mation
of such personal representative or agent, or if Statement to such personal representative or agent be a corporation, byloorx to or
by the President thereof, the said oath or affirmation to a r
be taken before any person who, by the laws of this State,
is duly authorized to administer the same, that such ag-gregate
cost value does not exceed the sum named, and
every such individual, association of persons, firm or cor-poration,
the aggregate of the cost value of whose goods,
wares, merchandise, produce or other property received
for sale as aforesaid, shall exceed the sum of Five Thous-and
Dollars, shall pay to the said Clerk of the Peace for
the use of the State in addition to the above named sum
of Ten Dollars ($10.00) the sum of ten cents (l0O) for Am.t of tax
each One Hundred Dollars ($100) of said aggregate cost
value in excess of the aforesaid sum of Five Thousand
Dollars {$5,000).
Section 2. The license shall authorize the person Euont
therein named to engage in the business and occupation itineien8e,trnite'l. aforesaid only at one place and only for one year from P
ace
the first of June. In case any individual, association of
persons, firm or corporation desires to engage in, follow
and carry on the said business and occupation, he, she,
it, or they not having been engaged in said business and
occupation during the year immediately preceding, he,
she, it, or they shall, before commencing said business when noon
and occupation, take out a license which shall be validybettri,5vehe
until the first day of June thence next ensuing, first pay- idniRately preced-ing
to the said Clerk of the Peace for the use of the State
the sum of Ten Dollars ($10.00) and at the expiration
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of said license, the holder thereof shall obtain another
To obtain a license upon fulfilling the conditions following, that is to
new license on
expiration of say; such individual, association of persons, firm or cor-poration,
shall on or before the day of the expiration of
the first mentioned license file with the said Clerk of the
Peace a true statement, verified as aforesaid, of the ag-gregate
cost value of all the produce, merchandise, goods,
wares and property which shall have been received for
sale in said business and occupation during the period
covered by said first mentioned license, and shall pay the
said Clerk of the Peace for the use of the State the sum
of Ten Dollars ($10.00) and shall also pay the said
Clerk of the Peace for the use of the State in addition to
the said sum of Ten Dollars ($10.00) a sum at the rate
of ten cents (100) for each One Hundred Dollars
($100.00) of the aggregate cost value last aforesaid, in
excess of the sum of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000).
The license shall authorize the person therein named to
engage in the business and occupation aforesaid only at
one place and only for one year from the first day of
June. If any individual, association of persons, firm or
corporation shall be engaged in, prosecute, follow or
carry on, within the limits of this State, the said business
and occupation without obtaining at the times above
mentioned, a proper license therefor, and without paying
Failure to take the tax aforesaid, he, she, it, or they, and the individuals
out a license composing such firm or association of persons, and each
of them, and the President and Directors, and each of
them, of such corporation and the personal representa-tive
or agent of any such individual, association of per-sons,
firm or corporation, or any person who shall be for
the time being in charge of any such branch store, ware-house
or distributing depot, or if such personal repre-sentative,
agent, or person in charge of such branch
store, warehouse or distributing depot shall be a corpo-ration,
any officer or director of such corporation, for
every such offense shall be deemed guilty of a misde-
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meanor, and upon conviction thereof, besides being lia-ble
for the payment of the tax, shall be fined not exceed- Penalty
ing Five Hundred Dollars ($500).
Section 3. That all acts or parts of acts inconsistent
with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed.
Approved March 11, A. D. 1913.
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Dyers and
Scourers
licensed
Amount of
license tax
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CHAPTER 24.
OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE.
AN ACT to Raise Revenue and to Provide for the Licensing of Dyers
and Scourers.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-tives
of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met:
Section 1. That no person or persons, firm, company
or corporation shall within the limits of this State be en-gaged
in, prosecute, follow or carry on the trade, busi-ness,
pursuit or occupation of a dyer or scourer without
haying first obtained a proper license therefor; that ev-ery
person or persons, firm, company or corporation de-siring
to have, keep, conduct or operate an establishment
for dyeing or scouring, or shall receive any goods to be
dyed or scoured, shall apply to the Clerk of the Peace of
the County and shall obtain a license therefor for which
he, they or it shall pay the sum of Ten Dollars ($10.00)
for the use of the State.
Section 2 All of the provisions of Chapter 117, Vol- Provinioun oi
Chap. 117. Vol. time 13, Laws of Delaware, relative to the issuance of 13, extended to
licenses issued licenses and the duties and powers of the several officials under this net therein mentioned and all penalties therein imposed shall
extend to and be applied to licenses issued under author-ity
of this act.
Approved March 28, A. D. 1913.
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OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE..
CHAPTER 25.
OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE.
AN ACT to Raise Revenue and to Provide for the Licensing of Laun-dries.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-tives
of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met:
Section 1. That no person or persons, firm, company keacunnspcii c s
or corporation shall within the limits of this State be en-gaged
in, prosecute, follow or carry on the business, pur-
,nit or occupation of conducting a steam or electric laun-dry
or a steam and electric laundry without having first
obtained a proper license therefor; that every person,
firm, company or corporation receiving such a license
for conducting the pursuit or occupation of such a laun-dry
shall pay therefor the sum of Twenty-five Dollars
($25.00) to the Clerk of the Peace issuing the same for =Ia.!
the use of the State.
Section 2. All of the provisions of Chapter 117, Vol- Raiwpisii317
ume 13, Laws of Delaware, relative to the issuance of pccennidjudectio
licenses and the duties and powers of the several officials under this not
therein mentioned and all penalties therein imposed
shall extend to and be applied to licenses issued under
authority of this act.
Approved March II, A. D. 1913.
46 LAWS OF DELAWARE.
Mercantile
Agencies
licensed
Amount of
licence tax
OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE.
CHAPTER 26.
OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE.
AN ACT to Raise Revenue and to Provide for the Licensing of Mer-cantile
Agencies.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-tives
of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met:
Section 1. That no person or persons, firm, company
or corporation shall within the limits of this State be en-gaged
in, prosecute, follow or carry on the business, pur-suit
or occupation of conducting a mercantile agency
without having first obtained a proper license therefor ;
that every person, firm, company or corporation receiv-ing
such a license for conducting a mercantile agency
shall pay therefor the sum of Ten Dollars ($10.00) to the
Clerk of the Peace issuing the same for the use of the
State.
PCrhoavpis. io11n7s, oVfo l. Section 2. All of the provisions of Chapter 117, Vol-
13 extended to
licenses issued ume 13, Laws of Delaware, relative to the issuance of
under this sot, licenses and the duties and powers of the several officials
therein mentioned and all penalties therein imposed
shall extend to and be applied to licenses issued under
authority of this act.
Approved March 11, A. D. 1913.
LAWS OF DELAWARE. 47
OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE.
CHAPTER 27.
OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE.
AN ACT Defining the License to be Paid by Merchant Tailors.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-tives
of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met:
Section 1. That from and after the passage of this Merchant tail-
Act, merchant tailors shall be deemed to be merchants grea,=andd;.
and not manufacturers, and shall be licensed according-ly.
Approved March 11, A. D. 1913.
Amend Chap.
11, Vol. 15
Section 1. That Section 1 of Chapter 11, Volume 15,
Amend Chap.
11, Vol. 15 Laws of Delaware, entitled, "An Act Taxing Manufac-turers
and for Other Purposes," be and the same is here-by
amended, by inserting after the word "railroads"
and before "Sze" in the one hundred and eighth line of
said section, the following: "roads, highways and
streets,"
Section 2. That said Section ,.1 of Chapter 11, Volume
15, Laws of Delaware be and the same is hereby further
ainended by adding a new line thereto after the one hun-dreI
and fiftieth line thereof, the following: "manufac-turers
of clay and clay products".
Approved April 1, A. D. 1913.
48 LAWS OF DELAWARE.
OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE.
CHAPTER 28.
OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE.
AN ACT to Amend Section I, Chapter 11, Volume 15, Laws of Del-aware,
entitled, "An Act Taxing 111anufacturers and for Other
Purposes".
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-tires
of the State of Delaware, in General Assembly met:
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OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE.
CHAPTER 29.
OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE.
AN ACT to Amend Chapter 13, Volume 26, Laws of Delaware, En-titled,
"An Act to Amend the Laws of this State in Relation to
the Taxation of Mankacturers, being Chapter 24, of Volume
of the Laws of Delaware, as supplemented by Chapter 364, of
Volume 14, and as amended by Chapter 10 and 11, of Volume
and as further amended by Chapter 17 of Volume 22 of the
said Laws of Delaware".
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-tives
of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met:
Section 1. That Delaware, entitled, "CAhna pAtecrt t1o3 Aofm Venodl utmhee L26a,w Ls aowf st h°isA 1r ounV3,° I. C2h6a p
.State in Relation to the Taxation of Manufacturers, be-ing
Chapter 24 of Volume 14, of the Laws of Delaware,
as supplemented by Chapter 364, of Volume 14, and as
amended by Chapter 10 and 1.1 of Volume 15, and as fur-ther
amended by Chapter 17 of Volume 22 of the said
Laws of Delaware", be and the same is hereby amended
by striking out all of Section 1 thereof after the word
"follows ;" in the twenty-second line thereof, and by in-serting
in lieu thereof, the following:
"Section 1. That every individual, association of per- production,
sons, firm or corporation engaged as owner or owners or Traftystugrgy
as agent or agents in the production, manufacture or
finishing byby hand or machinery of goods, wares or mer- goods, &o.
chandise of any article or material, or any combination
or composition of any article or material of every nature
and substance whatsoever (except as hereinafter stated), To taku out a
and desiring to continue in said production, manufacture ro'l:,817,ne`hurt
50 LAWS OF DELAWARE.
OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE.
or finishing, shall annually hereafter on the First day of
June take out a license to engage in said production,
manufacture or finishing, for which such individual, as-sociation
of persons, firm or corporation shall pay for
Amount of the use of the State the sum of Five dollars ($5.00) to license tag
the Clerk of the Peace of the County in which such indi-vidual,
association of persons, firm or corporation is en-gaged,
and desiring to continue engaged in such produc-tion,
manufacture or finishing; and every such individu-al,
association of persons, firm or corporation, shall, on
or before the First day of July annually hereafter, be-
All firma, lac. to fore taking out said license, file with the said Clerk of filo annually on
July 1 a state- the Peace a statement in writing, setting for the follow- mont with
Clerk of the ing:
Peace
Amount of ag- That the aggregate gross receipts received in connee-gregate
gross tion with or from the business of the said production, receipts
manufacture or finishing in this State by said individual,
association of persons, firm or corporation, during the
year then last past, did not exceed a certain sum therein
stated.
Loa lamoj n t o The said statement shall be verified by the oath or af-firmation
of the said individual, or one member of such
firm or association of persons, or of the President or oth-er
presiding officer of such corporation, and the said oath
or affirmation may be taken before any person, who, by
the laws of this State is duly authorized to administer
the same. Every such individual, association of per-sons,
firm or corporation, so as aforesaid engaged, and
desiring to continue engaged in said production, manu-facture
or finishing, shall, on or before the First day of
June annually, before taking out the said license, pay to
the Clerk of the Peace, for the use of the State, in addi-tion
to the above named sum of Five Dollars ($5.00) a
oftrdodni titix further sum of one-fiftieth of one per cent. on the sum
coef.lgprtosn s re- total of the gross receipts as set forth in the statement
LAWS OF DELAWARE. 51
OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE.
hereinbefore required to be filed with the Clerk of the
Peace.
The license aforesaid shall authorize the production, Extent ,,f
manufacture or finishing of goods, wares, merchandisepf eenes &c.
time,
Or of any article or material or any combination of any
article or material only at one place and for only one
year from the First day of June.
In case any individual, association of persons, firm or ytrot,. iongnae rdr
corporation, desiring to be engaged as owner or owners, oraqrational
in such production, manufacture or finishing, he, she Or Year preceding
they not having been engaged in such production, man-ufacture
or finishing during the year immediately next
preceding, shall, before commencing such production,
manufacture or finishing, shall take out a license for six
months then next ensuing, first paying to the said Clerk
of the Peace the sum of Five Dollars ($5.00) and at the mount
expiration of the said six months, he, she or they shall liAcense taofx
obtain another license which shall be valid until the First
day of June following, upon his, her or their filing with
the Clerk of the Peace a statement in writing verified by
oath or affirmation as aforesaid of such individual or one
member of such association or firm or of the President
or other presiding officer of such corporation, containing
the statement above set forth, but limited to the period
of six months then next past; such individual, associa-tion
of persons, firm or corporation paying to the Clerk
of the Peace for the use of the State, the same taxes as
aforesaid rated in proportion to the time during which
said last mentioned license shall be valid. The license
aforesaid shall authorize the production, manufacture or
finishing of goods, wares, merchandise or of any article
or material or of any combination of any article or mate-rial,
only at one place, and for only one year, from the Noltitaggra-a
First day of June. to time, place,
eco.
Definition of a
"manufactur-er,"
under this
act
Exempt ions
under this act
This section shall not apply to the production of the
usual farm products for home consumption or market
purposes, nor to the distilling, brewing, manufacture or
production of alcoholic liquors of any kind whatsoever,
nor to the production or manufacture of steam, gas or
electricity for heat, light or power.
This section shall be held to include persons, associa-tion
of persons, firms or corporations engaged as owners
or agents, in the following occupations and kinds of bus-iness:"
Approved April 1, A. D. 1913.
52 LAWS OF DELAWARE.
OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE.
No individual, association of persons, firm or corpora-tion
having paid the said tax imposed upon them, under
Not liable to this act, shall be liable to the payment of the tax or taxes Further taxa- ,
Lion under this unposed upon individuals, association of persons, firms act during the
year or corporations engaged in, or desiring to engage in the
business and occupation of purchasing and selling goods,
wares, merchandise, produce and property.
Any individual, association of persons, firm or corpo-ration
engaged in the business of mixing, blending, refin-ing,
compounding, dyeing, bleaching, glazing, electro-plating
or finishing any goods, wares or merchandise
either as owner or as agent, shall be considered a manu-facturer
under the provisions of this Act.
LAWS OF DELAWARE. 53
OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE.
CHAPTER 30.
OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE.
AN ACT in relation to State Licenses.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-tives
of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met:
Section 1. That all State Licenses with the exception Ancx-of
liquor and automobile licenses hereafter issued in this;',7inetLiiti=,
State shall expire on the first day of June of the year in licenses to ex-pire
Jane 1 et
which they are issued.
Section 2. That all licenses*, obtaining a license for
the fractional part or portion of a year shall pay there-for
the pro rata proportion of the whole year's license or
tax, the minimum license or tax to be paid for the frac-tional
part of the year for any license shall be Five Doi-lars.
$M5 inimum tax
Section 3. That all merchants, manufacturers, six
x month. months licenses shall hereafter be known as merchants known
to
as
lien
fractional and manufacturers fractional licenses icen see
shall expire on the first day of June each year the same
ais other license** with the exception of liquor license",
as mentioned in the first section of this Act and that all
merchants fractional branch licenses and merchants
yearly branch licenses hereafter issued in this State
shall expire on the first day of June of the next succeed- All fractional
ing yeilr. licenses to ex-pi
re June 1
Section 4. That all Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent
herewith he and the same are hereby repealed.
Approved April 1, A. D. 1913.
*licensees
* * licenses
Lieutenant
Governor
For the contingent expenses of the Governor's office,
one Thousand Two Hundred Dollars.
For the Lieutenant Governor, salary as member of
Board. of Pardons, One Hundred Dollars.
64 LAWS OF DELAWARE.
OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE.
CHAPTER 31.
OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE.
AN ACT Making Appropriations for the Expenses of the State Gov-ernment
other than Legislative Expenses, for the fiscal year end-ing
on Monday immediately preceding the second Tuesday of
January in the year of our Lord One Thousand Nine Hundred
and Fourteen.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-tives
of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met:
Section 1. That the several amounts named in this act Appropriation
for expense for or Fo much thereof as may be necessary, are hereby ap- year 1914 propriated and authorized to be paid out of the treasury
of this State to the respective public officers, and for the
several purposes specified, for the current fiscal year
ending on Monday immediately preceding the second
Tuesday of January in the year of our Lord one thous-and
nine hundred and fourteen; provided, however, that
all parts or portions of the several sums appropriated
by this Act, which, on said Monday immediately preced- Unexpended
money return- Mg said second Tuesday of January, A. D. 1.914, shall ed to general
fund not have been paid out of the treasury, shall be returned
to the general fund of the treasury. The said several
sum; hereby appropriated are, as follows, viz:
For the Governor for salary, Four Thousand Dollars. Governor
LAWS OF DELAWARE. 55
OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE.
For the Chancellor for salary, Five Thousand Dollars. Chancellor
For the Chancellor for reporting, Two Hundred Dol-lars.
For the Chancellor to pay contingent expenses of the
Court of Chancery, Two Hundred Dollars.
For John R. Nicholson, in payment of one hundred ig hcoois'on as
copies of his reports, as Chancellor, Eight Hundred Dol- Chancellor
lars.
For Charles M. Curtis, in payment of one hundred Charles M.
Curtis as
copies of his reports, as Chancellor, Eight Hundred Dol-lars.
For the stenographer of the Court of Chancery for Stenog-rapher
for
Salary, Twelve Hundred Dollars. Court of
Chancery
For Chief justice for salary, Five Thousand Dollars. Chief Justice
For the Associate Judges for salaries, Nineteen
Associate Thousand Two Hundred Dollars. Judges
For the Associate judge resident in Kent County, for Ancia,
reporting, Two Hundred Dollars. Judge
For William H. Boyce, for one hundred copies of William H.
Boyce's Delaware Reports, Volume 2, One Thousand B"ce
Dollars.
For the Court Stenographer for salary, Two Thousand court sten-
Dollars. ogranher
For transcript for the Supreme Court and Assistant
Stenographer, Nineteen Hundred Dollars.
56 LAWS OP DELAWARE.
Salary of Sec- For the Secretary of State for salary, Four Thousand retary of State Dollars.
Contingent
expanses
State
Detectives
Stet*
Treasurer
OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE.
For the Secretary of State to pay the contingent ex-penses
of his office, Three Thousand Dollars.
For the Secretary of State to pay cost of official bond,
Fifty Dollars.
For the stenographer and typewriter for the Governor
and Secretary of State, for salary, Twelve Hundred Dol-lars.
tChlie rSkesc froerta ry For clerks for the Secretary of State, for salary, Elev-of
State en Hundred Dollars.
For the Attorney-General for salary, Twenty-five
Hundred Dollars.
For the Deputy Attorneys-General for salary, Two
Thousand Dollars.
For contingent expenses for the Attorney-General for
paying expenses in criminal prosecutions, etc., Two
Thousand Five Hundred Dollars:
For the two State Detectives for salaries, Twenty-four
Hundred Dollars.
For actual expenses in serving requisition papers, Five
Hundred Dollars.
For the State Treasurer and Trustee of the School
Fund for salary, Three Thousand Dollars.
For the State Treasurer for contingent expenses, six
Hundred Dollars.
Contingent
Fund
Official
Bond
Stenog-ograper
and
typewriter
for Governor
and Secre-tary
of State
Attorney
General
Deputies
LAWS OF DELAWARE. 57
OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE.
For the Clerk for the State Treasurer for salary, ttlec for
Twelve Hundred Dollars. , Treasurer
For the Auditor of Accounts for salary, Two Thous- Auditor of
Accounts.
and Dollars.
For the Auditor of Accounts for contingent expenses,
exclusive of clerical assistance, Five Hundred Dollars.
For the Deputy for the Auditor of Accounts for salary, Mg
Twelve Hundred Dollars.
For - the Insurance Commissioner for salary, Fifteen ICnosmurmaniscseio ner
I-kindred Dollars.
For the Insurance Commissioner for services as State
Supervisor of Banks, Trust Companies, &c., under Chap-ter
:330, Volume 22, Laws of Delaware, Five Hundred
Dollars.
For the Insurance Commissioner to pay the necessary
expenses of his office, such as postage, stationery, &c.,
Seven Hundred Dollars.
For the Insurance Commissioner for contingent ex-penses
as Supervisor of Banks, Trust Companies, &c.,
Five Hundred Dollars.
For the Insurance Commissioner to pay salary of his Clerk for
Insurance clerk, Six Hundred Dollars. Commissioner
For the Insurance Commissioner to pay Clerk under
Chapter 330, Volume 22, Laws of Delaware, Five Hun-tired
Dollars.
For the State Librarian for salary, Twelve Hundred SLtiabtrea rian Dollars.
58 LAWS OF DELAWARE.
OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE.
For the State Librarian for contingent expenses,
Hundred and Fifty Dollars.
For the State Librarian to purchase law books for the
State Library, Five Hundred pollars.
Janitor
Assithent
Janitor
Fish Com-missioner
Warden
Oyster
Revenue
Collector
For the Janitor of the State House for salary, Five
Hundred Dollars.
For the assistant Janitor of the State House for sal-ary,
Four Hundred Dollars.
For the Fish Commissioner for salary, and all neces-sary
expenses hi discharging the duties of his office, One
Hundred and Twenty-five Dollars.
For contingent expenses of Fish Commissioner to pay
for postage and stationery, travelling expenses, &c., Sev-enty-
five Dollars.
Chief Game For State Game Warden for salary, Six Hundred Dol-lars.
Fish and Game Commission for hatching, propagat-ing,
&c., food fish, Six Hundred Dollars, out of Sinking
Fund.
For the Oyster Revenue Collector for salary, Seven
I I und red Dollars.
For the payment of officers and crew of watch boat for
the protection of oysters, Two thousand Three Hum trod
and Forty Dollars.
For the benefit of the Free Public Schools in addition
to the income arising from investments of the Public
School funds to be used exclusively for the payment of
Free Public
Schools
LAWS OF DELAWARE. 59
OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE.
teachers' salaries and for furnishing free text books,
One Hundred and Thirty-two Thousand Dollars.
For the three County Superintendents of Schools,C,pou nty
Thirty-six Hundred Dollars, dents of
Schools
For contingent expenses for the three County Super-tendents
of Schools, Nine Hundred Dollars.
For the expenses of holding the White Teachers' hi- Whitr
stitutes in the several counties of this State, Four Hun- ine.gat=
dred and Fifty Dollars.
For the expenses of holding Colored Teachers' Insticolorod Teachers'
tute, One Hundred and Fifty Dollars. Institute
For the purposes of paying the4expenses of the State S=Board
Board of Education and the expenses of the County ten and a-
School Commissioners, under the Act entitled "An A.etsoRjrcom-providing
for the establishment of a general system Orimmen
Free Public Schools", Twenty-five Hundred Dollars.
For the State Treasurer to carry out the provisions of state( Tress-
"An Act providing graded school facilities for the chil-gurMar sehoolx (Iron of this State", Twenty-two Thousand Dollars.
For the maintenance of Chair of History, at Delaware Cbair of
College, Twenty-five Hundred Dollars. History
For the improvement of buildings and grounds at Del-cnatuyeare
aware College, Seven Thousand Five Hundred Dollars.
For the Trustees of Delaware College for the use of Do.ro
said College, being its share of the appropriation made College
by the General Government for the year 1913, Forty
Thousand Dollars.
State Col-lege
for
Colored
Students
Delaware
ndustrial
School for
Girls
Society for
the Preven-tion
of
Cruelty to
Children
Libraries
Traveling
Librariea
For the Trustees of the State College for Colored
Students for the use of said College, being its share of
the appropriation made by the General Government for
the year 191:1, Ten Thousand Dollars.
For the Trustees of the State College for Colored
Students for maintenance, Three Thousand Dollars.
Pim. the Delaware Industrial School for Girls, Three
Thousand Dollars.
St. Michael's FOr St. 'Michael's Day Nursery and Hospital for Ba-
Nurmery
and Hospital. hies, Five Hundred Dollars.
Maintenance 1.410r the maintenance and instruction of the indigent
of indigent
deaf. dumb, (leaf and dumb, indigent blind and indigent idiotic chil-blind,
and
idiotic chit- dren in the institutions outside of the State, Twelve
dren Thousand Dollars.
For the Delaware Society for the Prevention of Cru-elty
to Children, for the purpose of enforcing laws, etc.,
Nine Hundred Dollars.
State 1,1()]. thp ate Library Commission under the pro-
Library
Commission visions of Chapter 362, Volume 22, 1Jaws of Delaware, as
;L11)01010(1, Two Thous:m(1 Dollars.
For the State Library Commission for contingent ex-penses,
Two Hundred Dollars.
For Libraries ill School Districts, ()no Thousand Dol-lar...,
For the Chairman of the Committee on Travelling
Libraries of the State Federation of Women's Clubs for
)ela Ware, One Hundred Dollars for the purpose of es-tablishing
Travelling Libraries.
60 LAWS OF DELAWARE.'
OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE.
For the Immigration Board for the purpose of en- Immigration
LAWS OF DELAWARE. 61
OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE.
For the Historical Society of Delaware, Three Hun- Historical
Society
dred Dollars.
To help defray the expenses of students at Normal LIochrory
Schools, Four Thousand Five Hundred Dollars. Students
For the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions aluaatirodlal
of the Act entitled "An Act to provide for the mainte-nance,
discipline and regulation of the National Guard
of Delaware", as amended, Five Thousand Dollars.
For the National Guard of Delaware for field practice,
Eight Thousand Dollars.
For the National Guard of Delaware under provisions
of Act passed 1907, Twenty-five Hundred Dollars.
For the burial of indigent soldiers, sailors and ma-rizdot indigent rines, Seven Hundred and Fifty Dollars. soldiers
For G. A. H. Memorial Day expenses, One Thousand G. A.
Memorial Dollars. l Day
For the Peninsula Horticultural Society, Five Hun- 1STochirettiycu ltural
d red Dollars.
For the Farmers' Institute for the purpose of defray- Farmers
Institute
'
ing incidental expenses of holding same, Six Hundred
Dollars.
For the State Board of Agriculture, Five Thousand IZogar iredu rtfu
Dollars.
For the State Board of Agriculture, for breeding poul.
try, Three Hundred Dollars.
Water rent, For the Town of Dover to pay for water for the use Town of
Dover the State House and Armory, One Hundred and Twent
five Dollars.
of
y-
Repairs, etc. For repairing, heating, &c., of State House, Two to State House Thousand Dollars.
Insurance
Interest on
State Debt
For printing
LAWS OF DELAWARE.
OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE.
couraging Immigration, Twenty-five Hundred Dollars.
h-d
For carrying out the provisions of the Act establis
ino. the State Live Stock Sanitary Board, Five Thousan
Dollars.
d
s-
For insurance against fire on property belonging to
the State, Thirty-five Hundred Dollars.
For interest on the State debt, Thirty-six Thousan
Dollars.
For printing Acts and Resolutions of the General
sembly and for all other printing done for the use aAnn
benefit of the State, Eighteen Thousand Dollars.
d
For the Delaware State Hospital at Farnhurst, Seven
ty-two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars.
For the Factory Inspectors for salary, Two Thousan
Dollars.
For Board of State Supplies, contingent fund, Fift y
Dollars.
For the Division of Agricultural Extension at Del a-ware
College, Five Thousand Dollars.
For Public Archives Commission, One Thousand Do]-
lars.
62
Live Stock
Sanitary
Board
Agricultural
Extension
Delaware
State
Hospital
Two Factory
Inspectors
Board of
State Sup-plies
Public Arch-ives
Corn-mission
LAWS OF DELAWARE. 03
OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE.
For expenses of compiling and publishing the Records Compiling
a publish-recommended
by the Public Archives Commission, Two log of record.
Thousand Dollars.
For the State Board of Pharmacy, Two Hundred and Pharmacy
Board of
Fifty Dollars.
For the Delaware Commission for the Blind, Three Delaware
Comndesion
Thousand Dollars. for blind g
For the Delaware Commission for the Blind, for ap- b)cielawrre.
prentices as per provisions of Act of 1913, Fifteen Hun- fornar f%r apprentices
dred and Sixty Dollars.
For the Adjutant General for salary, Twelve Hundred Adeli,eitraots
Dollars. salary
For Ferris Industrial School to carry into effect the rieZietrial
provisions of the Compulsory School Law, Five Hundred school
Dollars.
State hey- For the State Revenue Collector for salary, Twelve ern.e co,llec- tor'n emery
Hundred Dollars.
For the State Revenue Collector for contingent fund,
Three Hundred Dollars.
For the State Board of Health, Twenty-five Hundred .toaaired of
Dollars. Health
For the State Board of Health, for registration of por
marriages and births, Two Thousand Dollars. am? marriages
For the salary of the Bacteriologist and all expenses Laboratory
off the pathological and bacteriological laboratory at Del-aware
College, Thirty-five Hundred Dollars.
64 LAWS OF DELAWARE.
OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE.
For medical Councils of Delaware, Three Hundred
Dollars.
For the State Board of Health, for diptheria antitoxin,
Five Hundred Dollars.
For the Adjutant General to pay salary of his Clerk,
Six Hundred Dollars.
Highways For Public Highways in New Castle County, Ten in New Castle
County Thousand Dollars.
For Public Highways in Kent County, Ten Thousand
Dollars.
For Public Highways in Sussex County, Ten Thous-and
Dollars.
NCeowun Ctya sHtlieg h- For New Castle County State Highway Commissioner
wayigeCr o tnIT1b4. for salary, One Thousand Dollars.
Kent Count Y For Kent County State Highway Commissioner for Highway
G"'"""i°"r salary, Four Hundred and Fifty-eight Dollars and thir-ty-
two cents.
Tuberculosis For the Delaware State Tuberculosis Commission, Fif- Commissioner
teen Thousand Dollars.
School
Houses for
colored
children
Rest Room
at Delaware
City
Secretary of
State for
printing laws
For the improvement of School Houses for Colored
Children, Two Thousand Dollars.
For Woman's Christian Temperance Union for Sol-diers'
Rest Room at Delaware City, Two Hundred Dol-lars.
For the Secretary of State for printing and publishing
the Constitution of the State of Delaware, the Corpora-
Aledical
Councils
Diptheria
antitoxin
Adjutant
General's
clerk
Highways
in Kent
County
Highways
in Sussex
County
LAWS OF DELAWARE. 66
OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE.
tion Laws, the School Laws, and the Election Laws,
Three Hundred and Fifty Dollars.
For Commissioner of Education for salary, Two oCrogrui ictonne r
Thousand Dollars. salary
For Commissioner of Education for contingent ex-penses,
Three Hundred Dollars.
For Child Labor Commission, Two Hundred and Fif- Child Labor
Commission
ty Dollars.
For the Delaware State Fair Association; for prizes, &Itealtiteam.
Five Thousand Dollars.
For Delaware College for summer school, Twelve Hun- Moir
dred Dollars.
For Child Labor Inspector for salary, Eighteen Hun- child Labor
Inspector s
dred Dollars. sonry
For Child Labor Inspector for expenses, Three Hun-dred
Dollars.
For Redemption of Bonds of Affiliated College at New-grrci iarteeddemCpt
ark, Delaware, as per provisions of Act 1913, Thirty tiori of bonds
Thousand Dollars.
For Portraits of Prominent Delawareans, Twelve Portraits of
Delawareans
Hundred Dollars.
For Official Bonds of State Treasurer and Deputy/ State Trees-
Fifteen Hundred Dollars. bond
For the Old Folks Home at Dover, Three Thousand?ilodinFeo I k
Dollars.
LAWS OF DELAWARE.
Secretary of
the Senate
for Journal
Clerk of the
House for
Journal
Far/II:Hirst
Amusement
Fund
Portraits of
Delawareans
OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE.
For the Secretary of the Senate for preparing copy,
indexing and superintending the printing of his journal,
Five Hundred and Fifty Dollars.
For the Clerk of the House of Representatives for pre-paring
copy, indexing and superintending the printing
of his journal, Five Hundred and Fifty Dollars.
Colored For the State Tuberculosis Commission to provide for Consumptives the care of colored consumptives, Five Thousand Dollars.
For the Trustees of the State Hospital at Farnhurst,
for amusement fund, Two Hundred Dollars.
For the purpose of purchasing the portraits of prom-inent
Delawareans, Nine Hundred Dollars.
Approved April 22, A. D. 1913.
LAWS OF DELAWARE. 67
OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE.
CHAPTER 32.
OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE.
AN ACT Making Appropriations for the Expenses of the State Gov-ernment
other than Legislative Expenses, for the fiscal year end-ing
on Monday immediately preceding the second Tuesday of
January in the year of our Lord One Thousand Nine Hundred
and Fifteen.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-tives
of the State of Delaware, in general Assembly met:
Section 1. That the several amounts named in this act Appropriation
or so much thereof as may be necessary, are hereby ap-propriated
and authorized to be paid out of the treasury
of this State to the respective public officers, and for the
several purposes specified, for the current fiscal year
ending on Monday immediately preceding the second
Tuesday of January in the year of our Lord one thous-and
nine hundred and fifteen; provided, however, that
all parts or portions of the several sums appropriated by
this act, which, on said Monday immediately preceding inurn.ennedteudrn..
said second Tuesday of January, A. D. 1915, shall not pudntdo general
have been paid out of the treasury, shall be returned to
the general fund of the treasury. The said several sums
hereby appropriated are as follows, viz :
For the Governor for salary, Four Thousand Dollars. Governor
For the contingent expenses of the Governor's office,
One Thousand Two Hundred Dollars.
For the Lieutenant Governor, salary as memberof Lieutenant
Governor
Board of Pafdons, One Hundred Dollars.
68
Chancellor
Charles M.
Curtis as
Chancellor
Court Sten-ographer
Contingent
fnnd
LAWS OF DELAWAREi
OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE.
For the Chancellor for salary, Five .Thousand Dollars.
For the Chancellor for reporting, Two Hundred Dol-lars.
For the Chancellor to pay contingent expenses of the
Court of Chancery, Two Hundred Dollars.
For Charles M. Curtis, in payment of one hundred
copies of his reports, as Chancellor, Eight Hundred Dol-lars.
For the stenographer of the Court of Chancery for
salary, Twelve Hundred Dollars.
For Chief Justice for salary, Five Thousand Dollars.
For the Associate Judges for salaries, Nineteen
Thousand Two Hundred Dollars.
Associate For the Associate Judge resident in Kent County, for Judge in Kent
County reporting, Two Hundred Dollars.
For William H. Boyce, for one hundred copies of
Boyce's Delaware Reports, Volume 3, One Thousand
Dollars.
For the Court Stenographer for salary, Two Thousand
Dollars.
For transcript for the Supreme Court and Assistant
Stenographer, Nineteen Hundred Dollars.
Salary of For the Secretary of State for salary, Four Thousand the Secre-tary
of State Dollars.
For the Secretary of State to pay the contingent ex-penses
of his office, Three Thousand Dollars.
Stenog-rapher
for
Court of
Chancery
ChiefJustiee
Associate
Judges
William II.
Boyce
LAWS OF DELAWARE. 69
OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE.
For the Secretary of State to pay cost of official bond, Official
Fifty Dollars.
For the stenographer and typewriter for the Governor Srarer nod
and Secretary of State, for salary, l D01-orGove nor fty
pe w
riterr
lars. and Secre-tary
of State
For clerks for the Secretary of State, for salary, Eley-Ccltehlrekrks c r -
for
er
en Hundred Dollars. tary of State
For the Attorney-General for salary, Twenty-five Attorney
Hundred Dollars.
For the Deputy Attorneys-General for salary, Two Deputies
Thousand Dollars.
For contingent expenses for the Attorney-General for eCxopnetnisnegse nt paying expenses in criminal prosecutions, etc., Two
Thousand Five Hundred Dollars.
For the two State Detectives for salaries, Twenty- State
Detectives four Hundred Dollars.
For actual expenses in serving requisition papers, Five
Hundred Dollars.
For the State Treasurer and Trustee of the School STtraetaes urer
Fund for salary, Three Thousand Dollars.
For the State Treasurer for contingent expenses, six
lathed Dollars.
For the Clerk for the State Treasurer for
Twelve Hundred Dollars.
For the Auditor of Accounts for salary, Two
and Dollars.
salary, Elrerk
State
Treasurer
Thous-
70
Insurance For the Insurance Commissioner for salary, Fifteen
Commissioner Hundred Dollars.
For the Insurance Commissioner for services as State
Supervisor of Banks, Trust Companies, &c., under Chap-ter
330, Volume 22, Laws of Delaware, Five Hundred
Dollars.
For the Insurance Commissioner to pay the necessary
expenses of his office, such as postage, stationery, &c.,
Seven Hundred Dollars.
For the Insurance Commissioner for contingent ex-penses
as Supervisor of Banks, Trust Companies, &c.,
Five Hundred Dollars.
Clerk for For the Insurance Commissioner to pay salary of his Insurance
Commissioner clerk, Six Hundred Dollars.
For the Insurance Commissioner to pay Clerk under
Chapter 330, Volume 22, Laws of Delaware, Five Hun-dred
Dollars.
State
Librarian
LAWS OF DELAWARE.
OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE.
For the Auditor of Accounts for contingent expenses,
exclusive of clerical assistance, Five Hundred Dollars.
For the Deputy for the Auditor of Accounts for salary,
Twelve Hundred Dollars.
For the State Librarian for salary, Twelve Hundred
Dollars.
For the State Librarian for contingent expenses, Two
Hundred and Fifty Dollars.
For the State Librarian to purchase law books for the
State Library, Five Hundred Dollars.
Auditor of
. Accounts
Deputy
Auditor
LAWS OF DELAWARE. 71
OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE.
For the Janitor of the State House for salary, Five Janitor
Hundred Dollars.
For the assistant Janitor of the State House for sal-ary,
Four Hundred Dollars.
For State Game Warden for salary, Six Hundred Dol- trecieGnamo
lars.
Fish and Game Commission for hatching, propagat-ing,
&c., food fish, Six Hundred Dollars, out of Sinking
Fund.
For the Oyster Revenue Collector for salary, Seven Oyster Rev-enue
Collector Hundred Dollars.
For the payment of officers and crew of watch boat for
the protection of oysters, Two thousand Three Hundred
and Forty Dollars.
For the benefit of the Free Public Schools in addition Free Public
to the income arising from investments of the Public 8°110018
School funds to be used exclusively for the payment of
teachers' salaries and for furnishing free text books,
One Hundred and Thirty-two Thousand Dollars.
For the three County Superintendents of Schools, County Super.
Thirty-six Hundred Dollars. of Schools
For contingent expenses for the three County Super-tendents
of Schools, Nine Hundred Dollars.
For the expenses of holding the White Teachers' In- White
stitutes in the several counties of this State, Four Hun- g'atthieLs'.
tired and Fifty Dollars.
For the expenses of holding Colored Teachers' Insti- Coloredn
tute, One Hundred and Fifty Dollars. Institute
72 LAWS OF DELAWARE,
OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE.
School Com-
State Board
of Educa-
County
missioners
tion and
providing for the establishment of a general system of
Board of Education and the expenses of the County
School Commissioners, under the Act entitled "An Act
For the purposes of paying the expenses of the State
Free Public Schools", Twenty-five Hundred Dollars.
For the State Treasurer to carry out the provisions of
"An Act providing graded school facilities for the chil-dren
of this State", Twenty-two Thousand Dollars.
For the maintenance of Chair of History, at Delaware
College, Twenty-five Hundred Dollars.
For the improvement of buildings and grounds at Del-aware
College, Seven Thousand Five Hundred Dollars.
For the Trustees of Delaware College for the use of
said College, being its share of the appropriation made
by the General Government for the year 1913, Forty
Thousand Dollars.
legelor
State Col-
Colored
Students Students for the use of said College, being its share of
For the Trustees of the State College for Colored
the appropriation made by the General Government for
the year 1913, Ten Thousand Dollars.
For the Trustees of the State College for Colored
Students for maintenance, Three Thousand Dollars.
Industrial
Delaware For the Delaware Industrial School for Girls, Three
fSocrh oGoilr ls Thousand Dollars.
St. Michael's
Nursey For St. Michael's Day Nursery and Hospital for Ba-and
Hospital bies, Five Hundred Dollars.
Maintenance
of indigent
deaf, dumb. For the maintenance and instruction of the indigent
kilottil. deaf and dumb, indigent blind and indigent idiotic chil-
State Treas-urer
for
graded
schools
Chair of
History
Delaware
College
Delaware
College
LAWS OF DELAWARE. 73
OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE.
dren in the institutions outside of the State, Twelve
Thousand Dollars.
For the Delaware Society for the Prevention of Cru_ Society for
tho Proven-city
to Children, for the purpose Of enforcing lawetcs".ti,or"nco ltf to
Nine Hundred Dollars. Children
For the State Library Commission under the pro- mar:,
visions of Chapter 362, Volume 22, Laws of Delaware, as _6o rninfseion
amended, Two Thousand Dollars.
For the State Library Commission for contingent ex-penses,
Two Hundred Dollars.
For Libraries in School Districts, One Thousand Dol- Libraries
lars.
For the Chairman of the Committee on Travellingo Trawling
Libraries of the State Federation of Women's Clubs for Lthrarses
Delaware, One Hundred Dollars for the purpose of es-tablishing
Travelling Libraries.
For the Historical Society of Delaware, Three HUD-11
3
;vrical
dred Dollars. et
To help defray the expenses of students at Normal N"mni School
Schools, Four Thousand Five Hundred Dollars. 6tudents
For the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions rttVal
of the Act entitled "An Act to provide for the mainte-nance,
discipline and regulation of the National Guard
of Delaware", as amended, Five Thousand Dollars.
For the National Guard of Delaware for field practice,
Eight Thousand Dollars.
For the National Guard of Delaware under provisions
of Act passed 1907, Twenty-five Hundred Dollars.
Horticultural For the Peninsula Horticultural Society, Five Hun-
Society dred Dollars.
For the Farmers' Institute for the purpose of defray-ing
incidental expenses of holding same, Six Hundred
Dollars.
Far7T10111'
Institute
Board of
Agriculture
For the Division of Agricultural Extension at Dela-ware
College, Five Thousand Dollars.
Town of
Water Rent, For the Town of Dover to pay for water for the use of
Dover the State House and Armory, One Hundred and Twenty-five
Dollars.
LAWS OF DELAWARE.
OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE.
For the burial of indigent soldiers, sailors and ma-rines,
Seven Hundred and Fifty Dollars.
For G. A. R. Memorial Day expenses, One Thousand
Dollars.
For the State Board of Agriculture, Five Thousand
Dollars.
For the State Board of Agriculture, for breeding poul-try,
Three Hundred Dollars.
For the Immigration Board for the purpose of en-couraging
Immigration, Twenty-five Hundred Dollars.
For carrying out the provisions of the Act establish-ing
the State Live Stock Sanitary Board, Five Thousand
Dollars.
For repairing, heating, &c., of State House, Two
Thousand Dollars.
For insurance against fire on property belonging to
the State, Thirty-five Hundred Dollars.
Burial of
indigent
soldiers rirc.
G. A. H.
Memorial
Day
Immigration
Board
Live Stock
Sanitary
Board
Agricultural
Extension
Repairs dre.
to State
House
Insurance
LAWS OF DELAWARE. 75
OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE.
For interest on the State debt, Thirty-six Thousand Interest on
State Debt Dollars.
For printing Acts and Resolutions of the General As- For Printing
sembly and for all other printing done for the use and
benefit of the State, Fifteen Thousand Dollars.
For Registration officers for compensation, Fifteen Compensation
Registration Thousand Dollars. Officers
For Department of Elections in the City of Wihning- Department
ton, Forty-three Hundred Dollars. of Elections
For the Delaware State Hospital at Farnhurst, Seven- Delaware
ty-two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars. SHtoastep ital
For the Factory Inspectors for salary, Two Thousand Two Factory
Dollars. Isnalsapreyc tors'
For Board of State Supplies, contingent fund, Fifty aonatred of
Dollars. supplies
For Public Archives Commission, One Thousand Dol- Public
Archives lars. Commission
For expenses of compiling and publishing the Records caroisipuillmh.
recommended by the Public Archives Commission, Two lug Records
Thousand Dollars.
For the State Board of Pharmacy, Two Hundred andfl
hoard
of
Fifty Dollars. y Pharmacy
For the Delaware Commission for the Blind, Three Commission
Thdusand Dollars. for Blind
For the Delaware Commission for the Blind, for ap-1..1' grden ti cos prentices as per provisions of Act of 1913, Fifteen Hun-dred
and Sixty Dollars.
76
Adjutant
General's
salary
Ferris
Industrial
School
State
Revenue
Collector
State Board
of Health
State
Labratory
LAWS OF DELAWARE.
OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE.
For the Adjutant General for salary, Twelve Hundred
Dollars.
For Ferris Industrial School to carry into effect the
provisions of the Compulsory School Law, Five Hundred
Dollars.
For the State Revenue Collector for salary, Twelve
Hundred Dollars.
For the State Revenue Collector for contingent fund
Three Hundred Dollars.
For the State Board of Health, Twenty-five Hundred
Dollars.
For registra-lion
of births For the State Board of Health, for registration of
and marriages marriages and births, Two Thousand Dollars.
For the salary of the Bacteriologist and all expenses
of the pathological aml bacteriological laboratory at Del-aware
College, Thirty-five Hundred Dollars.
For medical Councils of Delaware, Three Hundred
Dollars.
For the StateBoard of Health, for iliptheria antitoxin,
Five Hundred Dollars.
For the Adjutant General to pay salary of his Clerk,
Six limidred Dollars.
For Public Highways in New Castle County, 'Ten
Thousand Dollars.
HKiegnht wCaoyusn itny Ft» Public Highways in Kent County, Ten Thousand
Medical
Councils
Diphtheria
anti-toxin
Adjutant
General's
clerk
Highways in
New Castle
County
ty Dollars.
For the Delaware State Fair Association, for prizes, State Fairware Five Thousand Dollars. Association
For Delaware College for summer school, Twelve Hun-Summer
School dred Dollars.
For Child Labor Inspector for salary, Eighteen Hun-1T clool;oaalbo r
dred Dollars. salary
LAWS OF DELAWARE. 77
OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE.
For Public Highways in Sussex County, Ten Thous- nighwaY. Sussex County
and Dollars.
For New Castle County State-Highway Commissioner Salary New Castle
fin.' salary, One Thousand Dollars. County
Highway
Commissioner
For the Delaware State Tuberculosis Commission, Fif- Tuberculos,s
Commission
teen Thousand Dollars.
For the improvement of School Houses for Colored Sd1001
Houses for Children, Two Thousand Dollars. Colored
Children
For Woman's Christian Temperance Union for Sol- a.a.%inre
diers' Rest Room at Delaware City, Two Hundred Dol- city
lars.
For the Secretary of State for printing and publishing Secretary
the Constitution of the State of Delaware, the Corpora- opfribnttInttg, floarws
tion Laws, the School Laws, and the Election Laws,
Three Hundred and Fifty Dollars.
For Commissioner of Education for salary, Two Commissioner
of Education Thousand Dollars. salary
For Commissioner of Education for contingent ex-penses,
Three Hundred Dollars.
For Child Labor Commission, Two Hundred and Fit.- Comn
Child
ILisasonbior
78 LAWS OE DELAWARE.
OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE.
For Child Labor Inspector for expenses, Three Hun-dred
Dollars.
Affiliated
College
redemption
of bonds
Delawareans
For Redemption of Bonds of Affiliated College at New-ark,
Delaware, as per provision df Act 1913, Thirty
Thousand Dollars.
Colored For the State Tuberculosis Commission to provide for
the care of colored consumptives, Five thousand Dollars.
itniubetuent For the Trustees of the State Hospital at Farnhurst,
Fund for amusement fund, Two Hundred Dollars.
Delaware For Delaware Industrial School for girls for erection
Industrial
School, °roc- of new buildings, Thirty-five Thousand Dollars.
tion of now
buildings
Joint For the expenses of the Joint Committee appointed to
Committee
to settle with settle with certain State Officers and Institutions, Fif-
State Officers teen Hundred Dollars.
Portraits of For the purpose of purchasing the portraits of prom-inent
Delawareans, Nine Hundred Dollars.
Approved April 22, A. D. 1913.
LAWS OF DELAWARE. . 79
OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE.
CHAPTER 33.
OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE.
AN ACT Appropriating Certain Money out of the State Treasury of
this State to Pay Certain Claims Against the State.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-tives
of the State of Delaware, in General Assembly met:
Section 1. That the several sums of money hereinaf- Appropriations
ter named are hereby appropriated out of the Treasury eihnri ng _inet
of this State for the purpose of paying the claims herein- t e tate
after mentioned and the State Treasurer is hereby auth-orized
and directed to pay the same as follows :
S. P. Winslow, Agent $ 508.18
E. A. Robinson 54.00
J. C. Lawson, Quartermaster 1,609.08
Wilbur D. Wiles 4.00
William S. Smith 4.00
Pennel Rash 4.00
James A. Kerin 4.00
Wilbur Wilson .2.00
Henry I. Beers, Jr. 81.12
S. Godwin 49.90
Mercantile Printing Company 1,289.45
Alice M. Foster 10.00
Margaret G. Horn 20.00
Mollie M. Hirons 20.00
Bertha L. Butts 20.00
Olive M. Roach 20.60
Bessie F. Weaver 20.60
Lila Carey 10.60
80 LAWS OF DELAWARE.
OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE.
C. S. Hammett 18.00
The Smith Ignitor Company 5.25
Wm. H. Hartlove 15.00
Levy Court of Kent County 54.00
The Delawarean 6.00
Millard F. Davis 286.50
Julian B. Robinson 55.20
M. Megary & Son Co. 1,251.95
Julian B. Robinson 146.00
Woodward & Bro. 6.65
A. S. Taylor, Treasurer 54.00
Wilmington Brass Company _ 324.00
J. M. Houston 14.90
Kennard & Company 48.00
John Waters 158.00
J. Frank Starling 1,281.70
Dover Gas Light Company 140.75
J. E. Beck 100.90
J. R. Hunter 75.00
Mabel Moore 100.00
William Hardcastle 50.00
Charles Adkins 25.00
Alfred Raikes 25.00
Charles H. LeFevre 30.97
Joshua B. Baughley 30.00
Fennel Rash 30.00
James A. Kerin 30.00
Wilbur Wilson 14.00
Melvin Hopkins 1.00
John Behen, Jr., & Co. 30.00
The Dover Index 11.50
Every Evening Printing Co. 1.44
John Waters 6.00
Dover Opera House 20.00
Joseph Wigglesworth, Prothonotary 349.33
C. P. Holcomb 6.00
Bostic & I-Taman 11.76
LAWS OF DELAWA RE.
OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE.
81
R. A. Hopkins .50
A. Brown Lancaster 350.00
Birdie Hearne 200.00
H. A. Miller, Agent 1,328.10
Clarke & McDaniel 127.50
Dover Gas Light Company 20.00
Diamond State Telephone Company 35.97
Chas. M. Smith 38.70
Jessup Kay. 8.00
Underwood Typewriter Co. 68.00.
Quayle Enamel Co. 547.50
Mabel A. Godwin 165.00
Thomas Morris 40.00
Frazier Store Co. 2.80
Joseph J. Low 30.50
William Shillingsburg, Jr. 67.94
Greenwich Piers Marine Railway Co. 248.05
Colen Ferguson 10.56
Underwood Typewriter Co. 10.00
The Bobbs-Merrill Company 7.50
The Smyrna Times 36.00
Elmer I. Abbott 2.55
James A. Oliver 3.88
Godfrey R. Hanby 3.88
Daniel J. Layton 300.00
Henry Ridgley 300.00
Herbert H. Ward 300.00
The Delaware State News 175.00
T. K. Jones & Bro. Co. 139.84
The Seaford News 1.20
The Evening Journal Publishing Co. 1.32
Frank P. Collins 1,182.33
The Smith Ignitor Co. .75
The Diamond State Telephone Co. 427.41
R. J. Ferguson 2.00
Granville P. Alexander 500.00
E. Frank Lecates 500.00
82
Approved April 16, A. D. 1913.
LA.ws OF DELAWARE.
OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE.
'Geo. W. Tilghman 4.00
James E. Tull 14.00
James W. Robertson 36.00
P. S. Wilgus 8.00
Henry S. Anthony 6.00
Edwin F. Wood 6.00
Alfred D. Cox 8.00
Jno. B. Wharton 6.00
Charles S. Hamblin 4.00
Leonard W. Lovett 8.00
Jesse T. Sharp 2.00
B. F. Simmons, Jr. 4.50
T. W. Scott, Jr. 46.80
The Delaware State News 4.00
T. K. Jones & Bro. Co. 525.00
Bostic & Haman .41
H. C. Blizzard 45.00
LAWS OF DELAWARE. 83
OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE.
CHAPTER 34.
OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE.
AN ACT to provide for the State of Delaware to be represented at
the Panama-Pacific International Exposition and to make an
Appropriation therefor.
WHEREAS, The Panama-Pacific International Exposi
tion is to be held in the year 1915; and
WHEREAS, The State of Delaware was the first State to
adopt the Constitution of the United States, thereby
making it the oldest State in the Union; and
WHEREAS, It is deemed expedient and proper that the
natural resources and the industrial, agricultural and
horticultural interests and progress of the State of Del-aware
should be fully and creditably displayed at said
Exposition; therefore,
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-tives
of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met:
Section 1. That for the purpose of exhibiting the re-ay:pion
sources, products and general development of the State
of Delaware at the Panama-Pacific International Expo-sition
to be held in 1915, a Commission is hereby consti-tuted
to be designated ." The Panama-Pacific Interna-tional
Exposition Commissioners of Delaware," to con-sist
of seven residents of the State of Delaware, one of Loveononaztot,
whom shall be the Governor of the State, who shall be 11701,10:.
Chairman of the said Commission, the other members of Gov"'
the said Commission shall be appointed by the Governor,
two from each County of the State.
Secretary of
State to act se
Secretary of
Commission
Powers of
the Board
No compensa-tion
except
necessary CI-penNes
Appropriation
to carry act
into effect
84 LAWS OF DELAWARE.
OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE.
Section 2. The said Board of Commissioners shall
meet within ten days from the date of their appointment
and organize by the election of a Vice-President and
Treasurer. The Secretary of State shall act as the Sec-retary
of said Commission, without compensation. A
majority of the members of said Board shall constitute
a quorum, the Board shall have power to make such rules
and regulations and to employ such agents or persons as
it may deem necessary. Any member of the Board may
be removed, at any time, by the Governor for a cause,
and any vacancy occurring in the Board shall be filled
by the Governor. No member of the Board or the Sec-retary
shall receive any compensation for services, but
may be allowed actual and necessary expenses incurred.
Section 3. The said Board shall have charge of the in-
To have charge terests of the State of Delaware and its citizens in the of interests of
the State of preparation and exhibition at the Panama-Pacific Inter- Delaware national Exposition of the natural and industrial pro-ducts
of the State, and of objects illustrating its history
and progress, together with its moral and material wel-fare
and development; and in general shall have and ox-ofuli
ercise full authority in relation, to the participation of
triaottpioatnio nto o fp ar-the State of Delaware and its citizens in the said Pana-cSitjtzt:
na: d Ina-Pacific International Exposition, and shall sell or
otherwise dispose of all buildings and other property
acquired by it as it shall deem best for the interest of
the State.
Custodians to
loan portraits, Section 4. The custodian of any portraits, furniture
dm. or historical articles owned by the State is hereby auth-orized
to loan the same to the Cominission created by this
Act, if in the judgment, of said custodian, it would be to
the best interests of the State so to do.
Section 5. To carry out the provisions of this Act the
sum of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or so much
LAWS OF DELAWARE. 85
OF THE. REVENUES OF THE. STATE.
thereof as shall be necessary, is hereby appropriated,
and the State Treasurer is directed to pay the same
from the general fund, from time to time, on the requisi-tion
of said Board of Commissioners, signed by the Pres-ident
and Secretary who shall certify that the sum is
actually necessary for disbursement; and at the close of
service of said Board_of Commissioners it shall make a
full report to the Governor of its proceedings including
all receipts and disbursements, with complete vouchers
therefor attached.
Approved April 14, A. D. 1913.
Money appro.
rioted annu-ually
to Dela-ware
State
Fair Associa-tion
LAWS OF DELAWARE.
OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE.
CHAPTER 35.
OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE.
AN ACT Appropriating Certain Moneys for the Support, Promotion
and Maintenance of Delaware State Fair Incorporated.
WHEREAS the Delaware State Fair Incorporated, a
corporation of the State of Delaware was duly incorpo-rated
and organized to have, own and manage a Fair or
Exposition for the purpose of encoUraging and promot-ing
agriculture, horticulture, the breeding of horses, cat-tle,
poultry and domestic animals of all kinds, mechanics
and household arts, at the City of Wilmington or else-where
in the State of Delaware; and
WHEREAS the efforts of the said Delaware State Fair
Incorporated have been since its organization of mate-rial
benefit in the promotion of agriculture, horticulture
and other interests of the State of Delaware; and
WHEREAS the Board of Directors of the said Delaware
State Fair Incorporated and others interested in the ob-jects
of the said corporation are convinced that a suit-able
appropriation of the public moneys of the State
would most greatly benefit the general interests and wel-fare
of the State of Delaware; now therefore,
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-tives
of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met:
Section 1. That the sum of Five Thousand Dollars be
and the same is hereby annually appropriated out of the
treasury of the State of Delaware payable annually on
or before the first day of July in each and every year to
LAWS OF DELAWAPE. 87.
OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE.
the Delaware State Fair Incorporated a corporation of
the State of Delaware as aforesaid to be expended for the
promotion, support and maintenance of the said Dela- How to be
ware State Fair Incorporated in the promotion of the expended
agricultural, horticultural and other interests of the State
of Delaware.
Approved March 20, A. D. 1913.
88 LAWS OF DELAWARE.
OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE.
CHAPTER 36.
OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE.
AN Aur to Provide for a Further Inscription on the Monument
Erected to Caesar Rodney in the Town of Dover.
WHEREAS, a monument has been erected in Dover in
memory of Caesar Rodney which monument only bears
his name, and
WHEREAS, the fact that he was a signer of the Declara-tion
of Independence from Delaware, and of prominence
in the early history of this State should be inscribed
thereon, now therefore
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-tives
of the State of Delaware, in General Assembly met:
Authorizing Section 1. That the Delaware Society of the Sons of
cDieeltayw oaf reth Seo - the American Revolution be, and they are hereby auth-
,StomneerltnhR- ev- orized to have an inscription placed upon the monument
ionlusctiroipnt itoon p ulapc.e to Caesar Rodney, in Dover, commemorating his services
on monument to the Country and this State, and that the State Treas-
Expense to urer be authorized to pay the cost of such inscription
be paid upon the presentation of a bill for the same, approved by
Governor of this State.
Approved March 14, A. D. 1913.
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OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE.
CHAPTER 37.
OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE.
AN ACT to Appropriate Six Hundred Dollars to Sylvester D. Towns-end,
Junior, for Legal Services Rendered the Commission on
Employer's Liability.
WHEREAS, the Commission on Employer's Liability has
expended only a portion of their appropriation, and
WHEREAS, the Commission have not sufficient funds to
employ counsel, and thereby the entire legal work in-volving
months of exhaustive consultation with authori-ties
on the subjects in various parts of the country, and
the laborious preparation has devolved voluntarily upon
one member of the Commission, Sylvester D. Townsend,
Junior, therefore
Sc it enacted by the Senate and Hovse of Representa-tives
of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met:
Section 1. That the sum of six hundred dollars be, Appropriating
and the same is hereby appropriated to Sylvester D. I.Tg atnen.3e.:t n°t18, .Dr.
Townsend, Junior, in payment for legal services render-ed
the Commission on Employer's Liability; the State
Treasurer be, and he is hereby authorized and directed
to pay said appropriation out of any moneys in the
Treasury to the credit of the general fund not otherwise
appropriated.
Approved March 22, A. D. 1913.
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OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE.
CHAPTER 38.
OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE.
AN ACT Appropriating Three Thousand Dollars for the Maintenance
and Support of the Old Folks' Home at Dover.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-tives
of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met,
(three-fourths of all the members elected to each House
concurring therein):
Appropriation Section 1. That the sum of Three Thousand Dollars
to be naid to
Ever heady be and the same is hereby appropriated out of the Treas-
Circle Kings
Daughters ury of this State, to be paid to the Ever Ready Circle
Kings Daughters, a corporation of this State, for the
maintenance and support of the Old Folks' Home at Dov-er.
To be paid by Section 2. That the said sum of Three Thousand Dol-warrant
drawn
by Governor lars shall be paid to the President of said Corporation
by warrant drawn by the Governor upon the State
Treasury, and the receipt of the President of said Cor-poration,
attested by its Secretary shall be a sufficient
voucher therefor.
Approved February 25, A. D. 1913.
LAws OE DELAWARE.
LAWS or DELAWARE. 91
OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE.
CHAPTER 39.
OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE.
AN ACT Appropriating a Sum Not Exceeding Twenti-flve Dollars
($25) Annually to the Town of Dover for the Payment of Water
Rates or Rents for the State Armory.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-tives
of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met:
Section 1. That a sum not -exceeding Twenty-five Annual appro-
Dollars ($25) annually is hereby appropriated and auth- orwiantiooxfilt3oover
orized to be paid out of the treasury of this State to The for water rents
Town of Dover for water rates or rents for the State
Armory, said sums to be paid in quarterly installments
upon bills presented to the State Treasurer by the Sup-erintendent
of the Light and Water Works of The Town
of Dover; the said appropriation shall be in addition to
any sum or sums now paid by the State for water rates
or rents.
Approved February 28, A. D. 1913.
92 LAWS OF DELAWARE.
Appropriating
money for 1013 and 1914 Gov-ernors
Con-
Jeronimo
OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE.
CHAPTER 40.
OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE.
AN ACT Providing for the Expenses of the State of Delaware for the
Participation in the Governors' Conference in the years 1013 and
1914.
WHEREAS the Governors of the several States have or-ganized
a body known as the Governors' Conference
which meets annually, and
WHEREAS this body has become a permanent institu-tion
and deals with questions affecting the general wel-fare
of the several States, and
WHEREAS it is desired that the State of Delaware con-tinue
to participate in said Conference and assume the
pro rata share of the expenses thereof.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-tive
8 of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met:
Section 1. That the Governor be and he is hereby
authorized to draw warrants. upon the State Treasury,
and the State Treasurer is hereby_ authorized and direct-ed
to pay out of any moneys, not otherwise appropriated,
so much thereof as may be necessary, to be expended for
the pro rata share of the -State of Delaware in the ex-penses
of the Governors' Conference for the years 1913
and 1914.
Approved March 7, A. D. 1913.
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OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE.
CHAPTER 41.
OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE.
AN ACT Appropriating Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) to Robbins
Hose Company No. 1, of Dover, Delaware.
WHEREAS Robbins Hose Company No. 1, of Dover, Del-aware
(a corporation of the State of Delaware) is an or-ganization
of firemen supported by voluntary contribu-tions;
and
WHEREAS no member of said company receives any
compensation for services rendered ; and
WHEREAS the erection of the State Armory and the ad.
ditions to the State Capitol Building have greatly in-creased
the responsibilities of the company and made
necessary the purchase of additional fire apparatus; and
WHEREAS the State of Delaware now receives, and has
for more than twenty (20) years past received fire pro-tection
from said Robbins Hose Company No. 1, of Dov-er,
Delaware;
Now, ThePefore, Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the State of Delaware, in General
Assembly met, (three-fourths of all the members of each
Branch concurring therein):
Section 1. That the sum of Five Hundred Dollars Appropriation
($500.00) is hereby appropriated and authorized to be L7o a:Colmnspany
!Mid out of the treasury of this State to Robbins Hose
Company No. 1, of Dover, Delaware, for the purpose of
purchasing fire apparatus.
Approved March 10, A. D. 1913.
94 LAWS OF DELAWARE.
OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE.
CHAPTER 42.
OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE.
AN ACT for the Encouragement of the Breeding of better Poultry
in this State.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-tives
of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met:
Additional aP- Section 1. That the sum of Three Hundred Dollars propriation to
Board of Agri- be, and the same is hereby appropriated annually out of culture to en-courage
poul- the moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, try breeding to the State Board of Agriculture (in addition to the ap-propriations
now authorized by Law to be made to said
Board) to be used by said State Board of Agriculture
for the encouragement of the breeding of better poultry
in this State.
Approved March 17, A. D. 1913.
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OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE.
CHAPTER 43.
OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE.
AN ACT in Relation to an Emergency Hospital at Milford, Delaware.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-tives
of the State of Delaware, in General Assembly met:
Section 1. That James B. Gilchrist, William T. Wat- Board of
son, John B. Smith, Frank S. Grier, Isaac S. Truitt,Meer
Joseph E. Holland, Theodore Townsend, Dr. William
Marshall, Jr., J. Stanley Short and Lee Hirsch, shall be
and constitute the "Board of Trustees of the Emergency
Hospital at Milford, Delaware". All vacancies shall be
filled by the remaining members of the said Board of ilrfiiirnyt°
Trustees. The members constituting the said Board of Board
Trustees shall meet at least once in every three months
and shall serve without any compensation.
Section 2. The Board of Trustees shall have sole and Board to kayo
complete control and management of the Hospital and ccootimeccito
shall have power to make rules and regulations for their
own government not inconsistent with the provisions of
this Act, shall appoint an auxiliary board of women man- To appoint an
agers, superintendents, physicians, stewards, matrons, k,:rildn".
nurses and necessary servants and shall fix their terms
of service as well as their pay or compensation; shall
provide suitable food, raiment and all other medical and
surgical treatment, medicine and appliances as may be ,L="gir-deemed
necessary for the treatment of medical and sur-PkY"B
gical cases.
Section 3. The said Board of Trustees shall be and Board
are hereby authorized and empowered to purchase fihoTtrtiodii
or secure by gift, and acquire and bold title to lands, ten-ements,
and hereditaments, and to erect buildings on
said lands, tenements and hereditaments so purchased
and acquired at or near the town of Milford, to be used
for the purpose of an Emergency Hospital.
Section 4. The State Treasurer is hereby authorized
and directed to pay from the general fund of the State,
not otherwise appropriated, to the Board of Trustees of
the Emergency Hospital of Milford, Delaware, the sum
of One Thousand Dollars. The amount hereby appro-priated
may be used for the purchase of land and the
erection of buildings thereon to be used for the purpose
as set forth in this Act, and for the equipment, mainte-nance
and current expenses. The further sum of three.
hundred dollars is also hereby appropriated from the
general funds of the State not otherwise ,appropriated,
to be paid by the State Treasurer as aforesaid to the
Board of Trustees on or before May first, A. D. 1913, to
be used for current expenses and management.
Section 5. That it shall and may be lawful for any
person, persons, firm or corporation, to give, grant, de-vise
or bequeath to said Board of Trustees for the use of
the said Emergency Hospital at Milford, Delaware, any
property, real, personal or mixed, and the said Board of
Trustees, is hereby authorized and empowered to receive,
collect, take and hold for the use and behalf of the Emer-gency
Hospital, any and all property so given, granted,
devised and bequeathed, and to manage and use the same
for the benefit of the said Hospital in accordance with
the provisions of such grants, devises and bequests, and
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LAWS
OF THE
STATE OF DELAWARE
PASSED AT THE
NINETY- FOURTH SESSION
OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
COMMENCED AND HELD AT DOVER
On Tuesday, January 7th, A. D. 1 91 3
AND
IN THE YEAR OF THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE UNITED
STATES THE ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY- SEVENTH
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THE DELAWARE LEADER
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